'Will Republicans vote for Donald Trump even if he's found guilty?'
Nicole Russell in USA Today
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Eduardo Porter in The Washington Post
Anyone listening to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would think Mexico is "in the midst of radical transformation," says Eduardo Porter. The opposition would agree, although they think the changes are a "threat to democracy, a step back to a statist past." But the truth is that López Obrador "will bequeath to his successor" a Mexico like the one he inherited. A nation "ruled by a corrupt government sitting atop a mediocre, unequal economy."
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