Mexico

Mexico is midway through a 12-year cycle. In 2018 Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office at the start of a six-year term as president at the head of a newly created left-wing party, the Movimiento de Renovación Nacional (Morena). AMLO, as he is widely known, promised what he called the “4^th transformation” of the country (the preceding three being independence and liberal reform, both in the 19^th century, and revolution in the early 20^th century). His successor Claudia Sheinbaum, who won this year’s election with a landslide, becoming Mexico’s first woman president, is committed to continue the 4^th transformation, for a further six years to 2030. This report seeks to assess where Mexico stands at this midway point: how successful have AMLO’s policies been, and, bearing them in mind, what course will Sheinbaum now follow?