Studies. So good afternoon. Im the director and associate fellow of the Americas Program set csis and it is my pleasure to welcome you today. We are very excited to host such a distinguished panel to discuss this topic. Last december, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, better known as amlo, took office in mexico. He won the election in july 2018 in a landslide victory on an leftwing platform that promised to among other things promote the respect of human rights, improve the economy, work to end ongoing drug war and address corruption at all levels of government. For many mexicans and was rep centered a paradigm shift from the governance of the past two decades and sees himself as a remedy to ineffective government responses to corruption and violence. Yesterday marks the First Anniversary of his inauguration and during his first year in office amyl has enjoyed a record high approval rating. However in the past year hes also seen challenges on many fronts including mexicos security, economy
Good afternoon, im the director and associate fellows of the american society. Im happy to host this panel, last december, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador won in july 2018 in a landslide victory on a left wing platform that would promote the respect of human rights improve the economy, work to end the ongoing drug war, and address corruption at all levels of government. For many mexicans, amlo has represented a paradigm shift from the governance of the past few decades and sees himself as a remedy to ineffective government responses to corruption and violence. Yesterday marked the First Anniversary of his inauguration and during his first year in office, amlo has enjoyed a record high approval rating. However, in the past year hes also faced challenges on many fronts including mexicos security, economy, and migration. Today, we will discuss his Campaign Promises, how they have fared in this first year, and what to expect going forward. Today, im joined by four experts, carlos is associate
Good afternoon, im the director and associate fellows of the american society. Im happy to host this panel, last december, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador won in july 2018 in a landslide victory on a left wing platform that would promote the respect of human rights improve the economy, work to end the ongoing drug war, and address corruption at all levels of government. For many mexicans, amlo has represented a paradigm shift from the governance of the past few decades and sees himself as a remedy to ineffective government responses to corruption and violence. Yesterday marked the First Anniversary of his inauguration and during his first year in office, amlo has enjoyed a record high approval rating. However, in the past year hes also faced challenges on many fronts including mexicos security, economy, and migration. Today, we will discuss his Campaign Promises, how they have fared in this first year, and what to expect going forward. Today, im joined by four experts, carlos is associate
Try to understand where is this proclaimed nationalist president going to be on some of the key issues . Theyre also going to be seeing and listening for whether he meddles rhetorically even in the upcoming uk election. Which is coming up the Americas Program here at csis and its my pleasure to welcome you today. We are very excited to host such a distinguished panel to discuss this timely topic. Last december on Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, better known as amro, he won in july of 2018 in a landslide victory on a leftwing platform that promised to, among other things, promote the respect of human rights, improve the economy, work to end the ongoing drug war, and address corruption at all levels of government. For many mexicans, amlo has represented a paradigm shift from the governance of the past few decades and sees himself as a remedy to ineffective government responses to corruption and violence. Yesterday marked the First Anniversary of his inauguration and during his first year in
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