How the president is weakening democracy before he leaves office

2024-09-26 20:12:58

When Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador hands over his office to his successor and political expert Claudia Sheinbaum on October 1, Mexico will not be the same country as it was a month ago. In his final month as president, López Obrador has set his sights on enacting, or at least introducing, a series of reforms that could reshape the country’s young democracy in alarming ways.