The Rachman Review

Is Mexico slipping into autocracy?

Gideon talks to academic and writer Denise Dresser about President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s autocratic tendencies and why she thinks the leader she once voted for is dismantling democracy in Mexico. Clips: France 24, Andrés Manuel López Obrador  <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/36038821-aa4e-45db-a173-f97928f4f4c7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amlo’s strongman act is weakening Mexico</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6a390bb6-cc39-45f5-bc03-2eb30aa862cc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thousands protest in Mexico against cuts to electoral watchdog</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b18e77cc-5bfb-49a6-997c-d04c88accd3c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mexico’s former security chief convicted in US of helping cartel smuggle drugs</a> Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/7eb4eb23-800c-4187-9e11-0863bb370842" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.