Alexander Main

Oct 1, 2024 | progressive.org | Hilary Goodfriend |Alexander Main

This week Mexico's former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) handed over the reins to Claudia Sheinbaum, a close ally in his Morena party and the country's first female head of state. While López Obrador is leaving office with soaring approval ratings, and has overseen significant reductions in poverty and unemployment, recent articles and op-eds use terms like "authoritarian" and "autocratic" to describe his legacy.

Aug 20, 2024 | gingercoy.substack.com | Guillaume Long |Alexander Main

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Mar 5, 2024 | eurasiareview.com | Alexander Main

Much to the chagrin of President Joe Biden, the so-called migrant crisis at the border with Mexico has turned into a hot campaign issue. Undocumented migrants have been crossing the US border in record numbers —  in 2023 alone, according to US Border Patrol. Due to lacking infrastructure and administrative capacity, alarming scenes of chaos, overcrowding, and human desperation have ensued. Recent polls show that many voters blame Biden and feel that he’s doing a bad job managing the migrant influx.

Feb 29, 2024 | www1.folha.uol.com.br | Alexander Main

Muito para o desgosto do presidente Joe Biden, a chamada crise migratória na fronteira com o México se tornou um tema importante de campanha. Migrantes sem documentos têm cruzado a fronteira dos Estados Unidos em números recordes –2,5 milhões apenas em 2023, segundo a Patrulha de Fronteira. Devido à falta de infraestrutura e de capacidade administrativa, surgiram cenas alarmantes de caos, superlotação e desespero humano.

Jan 24, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Guillaume Long |Alexander Main

Argument An expert's point of view on a current event. A protester holds a signal that reads "No to the ZEDEs" during a demonstration against employment and economic development zones in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on July 23, 2021.