Mexico’s President Launches Campaign To Encourage Mexican Americans To Vote Against Republicans

Lopez Obrador is angered by attempts to brand drug cartels as terrorist organizations.

AP/Marco Ugarte
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the National Palace at Mexico City, February 28, 2023. AP/Marco Ugarte

Never mind Russia collusion. Now the Mexican president wants to influence America’s next election. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is being accused at home for undermining Mexico’s democracy, is launching an “information campaign” that could aid Democrats in the United States.

Mr. Lopez Obrador, known as AMLO, is facing a domestic backlash for his attempt at tweaking Mexico’s independent electoral system to secure his political camp’s future electoral victories. Now he is launching a campaign to tell Mexican-Americans and other Hispanics not to vote for Republican candidates.

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