US EditionMexico and the Road U.S. Democrats Can Never Take
- Mexican President AMLO implemented a 'hugs, not bullets' strategy toward cartels starting in 2018, diverging from previous governments' confrontations.
- AMLO's approach resulted from a calculated gamble to reduce violence, although reports differ as Claudia Sheinbaum has since moderated this policy shift.
- Between 2018 and 2024, Mexico increased the daily minimum wage from 88 pesos to 249 pesos, with a further rise to 279 pesos planned for 2025, all occurring amid stable inflation.
- The proportion of national income received by labor increased from 26% in 2018 to 31% by late 2023, while Sheinbaum enjoys approval ratings above 80%, indicating strong backing for her redistributive policies.
- This strategy suggests Mexico balances order with some cartel concessions and pursues labor gains and social approval, a path U.S. Democrats currently find politically unfeasible.
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Mexico and the Road U.S. Democrats Can Never Take
Claudia Sheinbaum announcing an increase in the minimum wage from 2025. (Carlos Santiago/ Pixelnews/Future Publishing via Getty Images.)Democrats are in a trap. They imagine themselves as a party of the working class. They understand themselves as its natural leaders. They grasp they would be more successful as a working-class party. Huddled at the Ritz-Carlton munching on hors d’oeuvres like mini lobster rolls and short-rib tostones and a dinne…
During the 83rd anniversary of the Semar, President Claudia Sheinbaum said that Mexico makes history in electing the Judiciary.
The Mexican president went to vote accompanied by her husband, Jesús María Tarriba, with whom she shared the tour of the voting center
He points out that for the first time in Mexico's history, the people exercise their right to decide who will be the "new guardians of justice."
Claudia Sheinbaum stated that the election to renew the Judiciary will fulfill "Juárez's dream: outside the law, nothing; above […] The post Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates the election of the Judiciary; "Mexico is the most democratic country in the world" was first published on RegeneraciónMX.
The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, fulfilled the task fully and crystallized the commission of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to renew the judicial branch and yesterday issued his vote in the early hours of the morning in the first election of the judiciary. The president went to the box located in the street of Moneda, in front of Palacio Nacional, accompanied by her husband, although she avoided giving statements, greeted…
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