The Rachman Review

Is Mexico slipping into autocracy?

Mar 9, 2023

30:19

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Mexico's Drug Problems and the Problem of Violent Crime

01:34

I Voted for Him Three Times and He Won by a Landslide

01:51

Can We Stop Calling Him a Member of the Left?

03:03

Introduction

5min

Mexican President Lups De La Lorde Is a Man of the True People

3min

Is It All Right to Sacrifice Electoral Democracy and Competition Among Parties?

3min

I Voted for Him Three Times and He Won by a Landslide

2min

The President Attacks Journalists and Critics

2min

The Supreme Court Might Strike Down the Supreme Court's Blocking of the Election Commission

4min

Trumpism Is Alive and Well in the United States

2min

Biden and Mexico on Immigration

2min

Mexico's Drug Problems and the Problem of Violent Crime

2min

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Can We Stop Calling Him a Member of the Left?

3min

11.

Mexico

4min

Gideon talks to academic and writer Denise Dresser about President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s autocratic tendencies and why she thinks the leader she once voted for is dismantling democracy in Mexico. Clips: France 24, Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Amlo’s strongman act is weakening Mexico

Thousands protest in Mexico against cuts to electoral watchdog

Mexico’s former security chief convicted in US of helping cartel smuggle drugs

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Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner

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