UNAM's John Ackerman on Whether Social Democracy Will Prevail in Mexico's 2018 Election Sharmini Peries - The Real News Network
go to original February 26, 2017

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and the Morena party could revive left-wing politics in Latin America, says National Autonomous University of Mexico's John Ackerman.

Mexico's popular opposition politician, the leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is currently on a speaking tour in the U.S., drumming up support for a third run for Mexico's presidency next year. On Wednesday he was in Chicago. He began his tour in Los Angeles, nearly two weeks ago, where he blasted President Trump's policies towards Mexico.

Read the transcript of what he had to say at The Real News Network

John M. Ackerman is a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Editor-in-Chief of the Mexican Law Review and a columnist with both La Jornada newspaper and Proceso magazine. Blog: JohnAckerman.blogspot.com Twitter: @JohnMAckerman

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