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Why Mexico's AMLO is still so popular despite rampant violence
"The message for the killers and for the drug cartels is very simple: 'You kill in Mexico, and nothing happens to you.'" Acclaimed journalist and Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos does not mince words when talking about the abject failure that has been Mexico's "war on drugs" over the last decades. And he pins much of the blame on the man who assumed office on a pledge to curb violence: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But despite his failure to follow through on a key campaign promise, López Obrador remains widely popular in Mexico. Ramos offers a theory for why that is during his interview with Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.
Watch the GZERO World episode: Can AMLO Live Up to Mexico's Critical Moment? Jorge Ramos Discusses
The road ahead for US-Mexico relations
With a new American president in office, US-Mexico relations face a turning point. Can Mexico's populist leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known as AMLO, forge the same bond with President Biden as he did with former President Trump? And how will that dynamic impact immigration reform in the US. These questions come at a critical time for Mexico, as it scrambles to regain control of rampant violence and a raging pandemic.
Watch the GZERO World episode: Can AMLO Live Up to Mexico's Critical Moment? Jorge Ramos Discusses
The unlikely “bromance” between Presidents Trump and López-Obrador
"López Obrador has always had this idea that Mexico's issues have to be solved by Mexicans, that nobody outside should get involved. So right from the beginning, López Obrador just didn't want to fight with Trump. And he would say that openly." Acclaimed journalist and Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos has been reporting on López Obrador for decades and he tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World that the Mexican leader gave up quite a bit in his efforts to keep the peace with former President Trump. In fact, Ramos argues, López Obrador ended up giving Trump a version of the border wall that he had always wanted.
Watch the GZERO World episode: Can AMLO Live Up to Mexico's Critical Moment? Jorge Ramos Discusses