Comment by culi

I think they're doing alright. Populism seems to be working for her approval ratings since she's one of Latin America's most popular leaders:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/07/16/mexicans-...

https://www.as-coa.org/articles/approval-tracker-mexicos-pre...

If lifting 8.3 million Mexican people out of poverty is "populism" then maybe we need more of that.

And I don't think the corruption claim is warranted. Her "Abrazos, no balazos" ("hugs, not guns") approach to dealing with gangs is taken as evidence of her being in cahoots with them but the data shows that it's clearly working. Homicides have dropped by almost half from a year ago! And other crimes have followed the same trajectory.

https://www.gob.mx/sspc/prensa/estrategia-nacional-de-seguri...