Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Monday, September 10, 2012

Leader and party split in Mexico

If you keep fighting what looks like a personal battle, you may lose supporters.

Mexico's Lopez Obrador leaves coalition to form new movement
The defeated candidate in Mexico's presidential election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has announced he is leaving his left-wing coalition to form a new political youth movement.

Speaking to tens of thousands of his supporters in Mexico City, Mr Lopez Obrador said he would focus on changing Mexico through the new group, Morena…

Analysts say his departure from the main coalition could weaken the left in Mexico…

The BBC's Will Grant in Mexico says that the apparently mutual decision to split with the traditional left suggests Mr Lopez Obrador does not have wide support for continuing a long-term fight against the inevitable succession of Mr Pena Nieto to the presidency…

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