"The founder of Mexico's ruling party, Morena, has reappeared in the public eye for the launch of his new book, Grandeza (Planeta, 2025), which is primarily an extensive diatribe against the Spanish Conquest of the Americas, a historical process from which he salvages few, if any, positive aspects. The book also includes some contemporary reflections on the politics of Mexico and Washington, especially regarding the drug trafficking problem and the fentanyl addiction crisis in the United States."
"Instead of addressing the root causes of the problem, Lopez Obrador argues, Washington has opted for a punitive policy to confront the drug issue, seasoned with a touch of racism and xenophobia. The former president doesn't directly mention Donald Trump, but he does allude to a couple of the Republican politician's decisions, such as classifying drug cartels as transnational terrorist organizations."
Andrés Manuel López Obrador returned to the public stage to publish Grandeza, centering on a sharp critique of the Spanish Conquest and offering few positive reinterpretations. He upholds ancestral Mexican values as protective against drug use and contrasts them with U.S. materialism and spiritual detachment. He asserts that U.S. governments have abandoned youth and chosen punitive, racially tinged, xenophobic drug policies instead of addressing root causes. He highlights actions like labeling cartels as terrorist organizations and warns that such measures have enabled regional offensives that threaten Latin American sovereignty while misplacing blame onto foreigners and migrants.
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