Mexicans will elect Claudia Sheinbaum in Sunday’s presidential election. In the run-up to the election, American political pundits and the American media are peddling a distorted narrative. It ignores what sort of governments Mexico endured for 90 years before the election of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, popularly known as AMLO.
The truth is Mexico is a nascent democracy. It is still beset by endemic violence and some degree of impunity.
But what the narrative ignores is what came before: massive corruption, the long chain of economic crises and naked authoritarianism.
Take this as just the tip of the iceberg: Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted a $100m (£77m) bribe from drug cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a witness has testified.
Alex Cifuentes, who says he was a close associate of Guzmán for years, told a New York City courtroom that he had told authorities of the bribe in 2016.
With Sheinbaum as president, Mexico will continue its long road to democracy and stability.
Ricardo Chavira Chicano 