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Victory for the left in Mexico
DAVID RABY analyses the mid-term elections where the Morena party held and even increased its representation
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador shows the political party makeup of governorships across the country during his daily news conference “La Mañanera,” after weekend mid-term elections at the National Palace in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 8, 2021
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MEXICO’S mid-term elections produced a clear victory for Amlo’s Morena party, although with setbacks in the major cities.
The Mexican and international media have predictably invented a “defeat” for Amlo and his 4T Transformation of the country to benefit workers and the poor, so let’s begin with the basic facts.
All 500 seats in the lower house of Congress (Chamber of Deputies) were being renewed (but not the Senate); 300 by first past the post and 200 proportionally.
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