Although Mexico in recent years has hawked itself as investor-friendly and open-for-business, AMLO kicked off his presidency by cancelling plans to build a new airport and suspended oil bids and then auctions for renewables. AMLO is doing exactly what he said would, often in dramatic fashion. “We have to go back to the old line about someone telling you who they are: believe them,” says Jacobson.
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere and now Senior Advisor to Albright Stonebridge Group, joins Peter Schechter and Muni Jensen at Altamar to explain why the country could be in for a bumpy ride. He’s hugely popular and transforming the political landscape in Mexico.īut as AMLO seeks to reshape the world’s eleventh largest economy in his image, there are strains everywhere.
Openly hostile to big business, an advocate for government intervention in all sectors of Mexican life, a nationalist and anti-establishment to his core, AMLO has kept his campaign promises during his first 100 days in office, and people love it so far. Andrés Manuel López Obrador rode a wave of popular support during his first 100 days – but the jury’s still out on Mexico’s future.Īndrés Manuel López Obrador, best known as AMLO, is unlike any leader Mexico has seen in recent history.
