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5 Years of AMLO: Why Is Mexico’s President Still So Popular?

On July 1, Around 250,000 people gathered in Mexico City to celebrate the five-year anniversary of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) election.

Independent journalist and researcher, Alina Duarte, discusses what AMLO’s presidency has meant for Mexico and the rest of Latin America, as well as his initiatives to address the root causes of migration.

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Rania Khalek

Rania Khalek is an award-winning Lebanese-American journalist and host of Dispatches on Breakthrough News, where she investigates the global consequences of imperialism, war, and systemic oppression. With over a decade of frontline reporting from conflict zones and marginalized communities, her work has been featured in The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, FAIR, and The Electronic Intifada, where she served on the editorial board.

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