Democracy on the Brink: Understanding Mexico's Authoritarian Turn
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Mexico\\u2019s President Andr\\xe9s Manuel L\\xf3pez Obrador\\u2019s recent moves to undermine the country\\u2019s National Electoral Institute have sparked massive pro-democracy protests and stoked fears that the country is backsliding into authoritarianism. On Deep Dish, Denise Dresser, Instituto Tecnol\\xf3gico Aut\\xf3nomo de M\\xe9xico, and Guillermo Trejo, Notre Dame and Kellogg Institue, discuss Mexico\\u2019s future and why everyone should care that the country\\u2019s elites are weakening and dismantling democratic systems.\\xa0
Reading List:
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Mexico\\u2019s Dying Democracy, Denise Dresser, Foreign Affairs, October 21, 2022\\xa0
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Mexico\\u2019s Illiberal Democratic Trap, Guillermo Trejo, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, February 17, 2021\\xa0