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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.pewre
by culi 3mo ago
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-view-president-claudia-sheinbaum-favorably-but-less-so-than-in-2025/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/07/16/mexicans-...
https://www.as-coa.org/articles/approval-tracker-mexicos-president-claudia-sheinbaum 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-seguridad-reduce-46-los-homicidios-dolosos-representa-39-homicidios-menos-cada-dia?idiom=es https://www.gob.mx/sspc/prensa/estrategia-nacional-de-seguri...
- Apocryphon 3mo agoHey, worked for Richmond. https://www.nlc.org/resource/reimagining-public-safety-impact-updates/richmond-ca-community-violence-intervention/ https://www.nlc.org/resource/reimagining-public-safety-impac... https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/health/cash-for-criminals-richmond-california https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/health/cash-for-criminals-ric...