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{{Infobox person|name=Andrés Manuel López Obrador|image=AMLO.png|birth_date=13 November 1953|birth_place=Tepetitán, [[Tabasco]], [[Mexico]]|nationality=Mexican}} | {{Infobox person|name=Andrés Manuel López Obrador|image=AMLO.png|birth_date=13 November 1953|birth_place=Tepetitán, [[Tabasco]], [[Mexico]]|nationality=Mexican}} | ||
'''Andrés Manuel López Obrador''' (born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials, '''AMLO''' is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since late 2018. His politics have been described as center-left progressive populist and economic nationalist. He is not a [[Communism|communist]], | '''Andrés Manuel López Obrador''' (born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials, '''AMLO''' is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since late 2018. His politics have been described as center-left progressive populist and economic nationalist. He is not a [[Communism|communist]], nor a socialist either; and although to leftists on the outside (particularly those observing from the imperial core) his policies might appear to be a 'thorn' on the side to the [[Imperialism|imperialist]] [[Neoliberalism|global order]], he has been extremely accommodating to both the Trump and Biden presidencies, and within Mexico proper he's but a continuation of the exact same presidentialist, statist hegemony boasted by the party that engendered him (the PRI) and not a challenger but a concealer and enabler of the same capitalist political/economic framework that has ravaged Mexico especially since the end of the 20th century. | ||
== Presidency == | == Presidency == | ||
Since the very start of his presidency he has boasted that his cabinet, fellow party (MORENA) members and overall political associates are unlike the previous administration's extremely corrupt and self-serving officials, yet he brought in to his side and/or stood by some of the most notoriously vicious individuals such as Manuel Bartlett -who stands accused by independent Mexican NGO's of, among other things creating a coal mining cartel in Sonora, receiving millions of pesos from the Guadalajara cartel, establishing a shell company that sold overpriced ventilators to the Mexican institute of social security during the pandemic and failing to declare millions in real estate property-<ref>{{Web citation|author=Bobadilla, Omar|newspaper=Mexicanos contra la corrupción|title=Las propiedades que Bartlett ocultó|date=2019-07-28|url=https://contralacorrupcion.mx/las-propiedades-que-bartlett-oculto/|retrieved=September 11, 2024}}</ref> <ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Mexicanos contra la corrupción|title=La empresa de Bartlett Jr obtiene contrato de SEDENA sin que haya terminado el proceso en su contra|date=2021|retrieved=September 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=La Nación|title=Manuel Bartlett, político vinculado al narcotráfico y la corrupción|date=2022-07|url=http://revistalanacion.com/noticia/manuel-bartlett-politico-vinculado-al-narcotrafico-y-la-corrupcion/2022-08-18|retrieved=September 11, 2024}}</ref>as director of the federal electricity commission, Yeidckol Polevnsky -who embezzled almost 400 million pesos via paying said sum in public funds to a Queretan infrastructure company who never actually carried out the projects it was supposed to-<ref>{{Web citation|author=Angel, Arturo|newspaper=Animal Político|title=Fiscalía abre investigación contra Yeidckol Polevnsky por presunta corrupción y peculado|date=2020-06-19|url=https://www.animalpolitico.com/2020/06/fiscalia-investigacion-polevnsky-corrpcion-peculado|retrieved=September 11, 2024}}</ref> as the (now ex) secretary general of MORENA who held the post from 2017-20, Ernestina Godoy, -who served as the attorney general of Mexico City from 2018-24 (until she was deposed of her post by the local congress of Mexico City) and who in said capacity cleared of all charges 4 police officers who brutally raped a 17 year old girl in Azcapotzalco on August 3rd, 2019 due to supposed 'lack of evidence' and, who also under said capacity failed to resolve almost 40% of the annual violent deaths in the city by either not investigating said crimes at all or manipulating data concerning them in order to make it seem like the percentage was much lower-<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Cátedra UNESCO UNAM Derechos Humanos|title=Violencia contra las mujeres | |||
Caso joven de Azcapotzalco|date=2019-06|url=https://catedraunescodh.unam.mx/catedra/papiit/pdf/08_boletin_agosto_2019_No62_CJA.pdf|retrieved=September 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Serena, Georgina|newspaper=El País|title=El Congreso de Ciudad de México tumba la ratificación de la fiscal Ernestina Godoy|date=2024-01-08|url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2024-01-08/el-congreso-de-ciudad-de-mexico-tumba-la-ratificacion-de-la-fiscal-ernestina-godoy.html|retrieved=September 11, 2024}}</ref> presently a federal senator for Mexico City serving MORENA | |||
In 2021, he announced that Mexico's strategic minerals such as lithium will be nationalized.<ref>[https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/10/amlo-morena-cfe-federal-commission-lithium-nationalization-energy-independence AMLO Is Nationalizing Mexico’s Lithium Supply] by Kurt Hackbarth on DSA-adjacent [[Jacobin Magazine]]</ref><ref>[https://kjzz.org/content/1722162/mexican-energy-reform-proposal-would-nationalize-lithium-production Mexican energy reform proposal would nationalize lithium production] by Murphy Woodhouse on KJZZ</ref> | In 2021, he announced that Mexico's strategic minerals such as lithium will be nationalized.<ref>[https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/10/amlo-morena-cfe-federal-commission-lithium-nationalization-energy-independence AMLO Is Nationalizing Mexico’s Lithium Supply] by Kurt Hackbarth on DSA-adjacent [[Jacobin Magazine]]</ref><ref>[https://kjzz.org/content/1722162/mexican-energy-reform-proposal-would-nationalize-lithium-production Mexican energy reform proposal would nationalize lithium production] by Murphy Woodhouse on KJZZ</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:17, 11 September 2024
Andrés Manuel López Obrador | |
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| Born | 13 November 1953 Tepetitán, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials, AMLO is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since late 2018. His politics have been described as center-left progressive populist and economic nationalist. He is not a communist, nor a socialist either; and although to leftists on the outside (particularly those observing from the imperial core) his policies might appear to be a 'thorn' on the side to the imperialist global order, he has been extremely accommodating to both the Trump and Biden presidencies, and within Mexico proper he's but a continuation of the exact same presidentialist, statist hegemony boasted by the party that engendered him (the PRI) and not a challenger but a concealer and enabler of the same capitalist political/economic framework that has ravaged Mexico especially since the end of the 20th century.
Presidency
Since the very start of his presidency he has boasted that his cabinet, fellow party (MORENA) members and overall political associates are unlike the previous administration's extremely corrupt and self-serving officials, yet he brought in to his side and/or stood by some of the most notoriously vicious individuals such as Manuel Bartlett -who stands accused by independent Mexican NGO's of, among other things creating a coal mining cartel in Sonora, receiving millions of pesos from the Guadalajara cartel, establishing a shell company that sold overpriced ventilators to the Mexican institute of social security during the pandemic and failing to declare millions in real estate property-[1] [2][3]as director of the federal electricity commission, Yeidckol Polevnsky -who embezzled almost 400 million pesos via paying said sum in public funds to a Queretan infrastructure company who never actually carried out the projects it was supposed to-[4] as the (now ex) secretary general of MORENA who held the post from 2017-20, Ernestina Godoy, -who served as the attorney general of Mexico City from 2018-24 (until she was deposed of her post by the local congress of Mexico City) and who in said capacity cleared of all charges 4 police officers who brutally raped a 17 year old girl in Azcapotzalco on August 3rd, 2019 due to supposed 'lack of evidence' and, who also under said capacity failed to resolve almost 40% of the annual violent deaths in the city by either not investigating said crimes at all or manipulating data concerning them in order to make it seem like the percentage was much lower-[5][6] presently a federal senator for Mexico City serving MORENA
In 2021, he announced that Mexico's strategic minerals such as lithium will be nationalized.[7][8]
In June 2022, he condemned the U.S. blockade on Cuba and called it a "genocide" and "tremendous violation of human rights."[9]
Reference
- ↑ Bobadilla, Omar (2019-07-28). "Las propiedades que Bartlett ocultó" Mexicanos contra la corrupción. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ↑ La empresa de Bartlett Jr obtiene contrato de SEDENA sin que haya terminado el proceso en su contra (2021). Mexicanos contra la corrupción. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ↑ "Manuel Bartlett, político vinculado al narcotráfico y la corrupción" (2022-07). La Nación. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ↑ Angel, Arturo (2020-06-19). "Fiscalía abre investigación contra Yeidckol Polevnsky por presunta corrupción y peculado" Animal Político. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ↑ [https://catedraunescodh.unam.mx/catedra/papiit/pdf/08_boletin_agosto_2019_No62_CJA.pdf "Violencia contra las mujeres Caso joven de Azcapotzalco"] (2019-06). Cátedra UNESCO UNAM Derechos Humanos. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ↑ Serena, Georgina (2024-01-08). "El Congreso de Ciudad de México tumba la ratificación de la fiscal Ernestina Godoy" El País. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ↑ AMLO Is Nationalizing Mexico’s Lithium Supply by Kurt Hackbarth on DSA-adjacent Jacobin Magazine
- ↑ Mexican energy reform proposal would nationalize lithium production by Murphy Woodhouse on KJZZ
- ↑ Ben Norton (2022-06-07). "Mexico’s President AMLO condemns US blockade of Cuba as ‘genocide’ and ‘tremendous violation of human rights’" Multipolarista. Archived from the original on 2022-06-11. Retrieved 2022-06-17.