MEXICO
Drug war fuels rift between AMLO and Sheinbaum
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico and her predecessor, AMLO. Photo: Octavio Hoyos/Shutterstock
In less than a year, Mexico’s former President Andrés Manuel “AMLO” López Obrador anointed Claudia Sheinbaum as his successor, secured a congressional supermajority, and pushed through constitutional reforms to reshape the country’s judiciary in his own image.
After such a sweeping consolidation of power, few expected his Morena party to face internal turmoil. Yet with the opposition in disarray, the ruling party is now consumed by an…
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