Mexico’s president recently signed into law a series of reforms that bulldoze the country’s judicial system and eviscerate democratic checks on executive power. These reforms will exacerbate the corruption, politicization, and impunity of the judiciary. In a new Journal of Democracy online exclusive, Amrit Singh and Gianmarco Coronado Graci explain why this override of the rule of law is even worse than it seems.
The following Journal essays, free for a limited time, look at how Mexico’s democracy is faring as AMLO exits and Claudia Sheinbaum takes command.
Mexico’s Democratic Disaster
The country’s outgoing president is determined to bulldoze Mexico’s judicial system. His attack on the rule of law is even worse than people realize.
Amrit Singh and Gianmarco Coronado GraciWhy Mexico Is Not on the Brink
Claudia Sheinbaum won Mexico’s presidency in a landslide, but celebration of her election as the country’s first female president was blunted by a deeper concern: Mexico’s deteriorating democracy. In truth, the country’s democratic institutions are highly resilient, and there is reason to be optimistic about what lies ahead.
Viridiana RíosCan Claudia Sheinbaum Emerge from AMLO’s Shadow?
She was just elected Mexico’s first woman president in a landslide. The future of Mexico’s democracy rests on whether she can break from her predecessor’s ways and carve her own democratic path.
León KrauzeCan Mexico’s Next President Control the Military?
The country’s military brass has a larger role governing Mexico than at any time in the past eighty years. It’s creating a dangerous dependency that won’t be easy to break. Can the generals be reined in?
Will Freeman
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