Kennedy: Obrador's victory is equivalent to Lula coming to power in 2002.
Journalist Kennedy Alencar points out that Andrés Manuel López Obrador's victory in the Mexican presidential elections, held this past weekend, "is politically equivalent to Lula's rise to power in Brazil in 2002"; according to Kennedy, "the result shows that the social inclusion agenda remains the greatest challenge for Latin America and that administrations focused solely on stabilizing the macroeconomy without considering the poorest may have only ephemeral electoral success in the 21st century."
247 - Journalist Kennedy Alencar points out that Andrés Manuel López Obrador's victory in the Mexican presidential elections, held this past weekend, "is politically equivalent to Lula coming to power in Brazil in 2002. It is the first time that the left will govern the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world."
According to Kennedy, "the result shows that the social inclusion agenda remains the greatest challenge in Latin America and that administrations focused solely on stabilizing the macroeconomy without looking after the poorest may have only ephemeral electoral success in the 21st century."
"The Temer and Macri (Argentina) governments are examples of orthodox economic management proposals that, by relegating social issues to the background, ended up generating political crises and losing popular support," he then observes.
"The challenge for the Latin American left is to combine responsible economic management, especially in fiscal terms, with public policies that reduce inequality and help countries grow at more significant rates to address centuries-old social debts," he emphasizes.
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