An overwhelming victory for Morena, Mexico and Latin America
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PRELIMINARY results in the Mexican elections indicate a massive victory for Claudia Sheinbaum as president, and for Morena (and the Let’s Keep Making History coalition) in congressional and gubernatorial contests.
The results confirm what polls had been predicting for months and leave the right-wing opposition in complete disarray.
While these results are provisional and some variations are to be expected, the fundamental tendencies are so clear and decisive that it can confidently be affirmed that Amlo’s “4T Transformation” will continue.
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