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AMLO Says What’s Yours Can Be His in Mexico

The President ignores the law to expropriate property when it suits his political purposes.

By The Editorial Board

May 22, 2023 6:31 pm ET

Wonder Land: Whether it's the border, the economy or crime, the progressive way of governance is that no policy mistake can change—ever. Images: AP/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly

Critics of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador have long warned of his hidden desire to return Mexico to the centralized one-party state it was in the 1970s. Maybe it’s time to drop the “hidden.”

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