‘High-level chess’: How Biden is navigating his relationship with Mexico’s President ‘AMLO’

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AMLO's lack of enthusiasm for close ties with Biden was evident months before the Democratic president took office.

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AMLO is known for his populist style – though unlike Trump, he ran as a leftist politician. Both men consider the media an enemy and lash out at opponents using unflattering names, which often stick.US President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador hold up a joint declaration during a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 8, 2020, in Washington, DC.

But his populist moves have been more than tinsel: Analysts say AMLO has been systematically weakening institutions key to Mexico’s hard-won democracy. Increases in migrant flows have resulted in another attempted crackdown by Mexican immigration officials, especially in the country’s south, according to Sergio Martin the head of mission for Doctors Without Borders in Mexico.

López Obrador's supporters are increasingly wary of U.S. intervention under Biden, particularly on human rights concerns and climate change. Some supporters openly backed Trump in the 2020 U.S. election. The Mexican president's allies often see any support for Biden as pleas for U.S. meddling in Mexican matters.

Biden’s experience makes him well-positioned to restore trust, said Anthony Wayne, U.S. ambassador to Mexico from 2011 to 2015. Harris is "realistic" and understands that "if it were a problem that could've been solved overnight, it would've been solved a long time ago," according to the official.During his first virtual meeting with his Mexican counterpart as president, Biden invoked the Virgin of Guadalupe, a cultural touchstone for millions of Mexicans and a sacred symbol of devotion in Biden’s Catholic faith.

The move was an unmistakable appeal to AMLO and to Mexico where it’s often said, todos somos guadalupanos: we’re all followers of Guadalupe. AMLO named his political party Morena – another name for the virgin – and often speaks of morals and values and cities scripture in his morning press conferences.

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Biden has no respect, Trump left Mexico to Mexico, Biden wishes to dictate to Mexico. That's not going to fly.

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Next to no interaction on your twitter feed. I guess between killing messenger....then the comments section, you nitwits have finally shot yourselves in the foot completely.... EVERY other news publication has comments sections. ALL OF THEM.

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