AMLO & CHAVEZ: 2 AMIGOS?
Posted on 13 June 2006 by A.M. Mora y Leon
A new flavor Frito Bandito?
Source: Venezuela Today
Have you ever wondered whether leftist populist Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was really cut out of the same kind of cloth as his natural ally, Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez?
This informed essay by Gustavo Coronel, on Venezuela Today lays the two of them out, side by side, for your own comparison, well worth reading here.
UPDATE: Real Clear Politics has found a second essay on AMLO on The New Republic, delving deeply into this issue, telling us what AMLO is really like, that’s well worth reading here.
UPDATE: Two new polls show AMLO taking the lead in the polls in Mexico, see this EFE news item here.
UPDATE: Fausta at Fausta’s blog has an excellent roundup with lots of further links in this post here.
