Andrés Oppenheimer, the editor and syndicated foreign affairs columnist with The Miami Herald, anchor of “Oppenheimer Presenta” on CNN En Español, and author of seven books, says Mexico’s slide into semi-dictatorship will threaten U.S. trade and border security.
When we think about Latin American dictatorships, the first countries that come to mind are — rightly so — Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. But there are growing signs that we may soon have to add a much bigger country, Mexico, to a subcategory of non-democracies.
Leftist populist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who leaves office on Oct. 1, has announced plans to make constitutional changes that would leave his protégé, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, with almost absolute powers.
That would not only turn Mexico into an elected autocracy, but threaten to disrupt America’s trade with its biggest commercial partner in the world, and increase political strife and illegal migration. Last year, Mexico became the top U.S. trade partner, surpassing China for the first time in 20 years.
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