Andrés Manuel López Obrador will haunt his successor

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Apr 30th 2024

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Mexico City

The scourge of the blockbuster remake has come for the world's seventh-largest democracy. Mexico's second presidential debate took place (appropriately) at Churubusco film studios in Mexico City, the capital, on April 28th. The main question was whether Mexicans want a sequel to the six-year feature that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has scripted, directed and starred in.

Claudia Sheinbaum, the candidate for the ruling Morena Party, said Mexicans face a choice between "advancing with the transformation" started by her mentor, Mr López Obrador, or returning to a "past of corruption and privileges" with Xóchitl Gálvez, who leads a coalition of opposition parties. Ms Gálvez presents herself as the candidate to rescue Mexico from Mr López Obrador's incompetence and his attacks on democracy. Voters will decide on June 2nd. They will also choose representatives for tens of thousands of local posts, nine governors and all 628 seats in Congress.

This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline "Play it again, Claudia"

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