In recent days, I've spoken with several Mexican friends, and they're all singing the same song: how did this guy LO get elected? Well, to be fair, he did win the election easily.  Secondly, the opposition put up some lousy candidates.  I was hoping that Antonio Meade, then the finance minister and a centrist, would win, but he put up a lousy effort.  Perhaps Meade was stuck with President Enrique Peña-Nieto's bad ratings, which often happens when you have an unpopular incumbent.  As we say up here, you can't beat someone with nothing!  Sadly, AMLO had it too easy. Nevertheless, President AMLO, as Mexicans call him, is generating some very partisan responses.  Mexico is becoming extremely polarized, especially along socioeconomic lines. This is an example from Victor Hugo Becerra, a contributor to the Pan Am Post: The days go by, and the...(Read Full Post)