Escalating tensions with farmers may prove a stumbling block for Mexico's ruling party in next year's elections, experts said, as resentment builds over low grains prices, a trade conflict with the U.S., and a perceived lack of government support.
Escalating tensions with farmers may prove a stumbling block for Mexico's ruling party in next year's elections, experts said, as resentment builds over low grains prices, a trade conflict with the U.S., and a perceived lack of government support. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party is favored to hold on to presidential power, but the rising conflict with the agriculture sector is emerging as a hurdle which could impact success at state and local levels, experts said. The fallout is a rare chink in Lopez Obrador's formidable popularity, steadily above 60% throughout his term.
By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Escalating tensions with farmers may prove a stumbling block for Mexico's ruling party in next year's el.
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