Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday pushed back against a U.S. complaint over his energy policy, saying his government had done nothing wrong, and even played a song to show that he was not scared of how it would play out.

The leftist president has said his measures benefit consumers, while critics counter they raise costs, undermine investment and are unfair to international companies.

NOOOOO NOT THE INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES!!! YOU DIDNT THINK ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES :wojak-nooo:

  • mittens [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I'm trying to imagine how could a military coup be pulled off, considering one of the first moves AMLO did was rely on the military for key projects thus making them close allies. You could say the relationship between AMLO and the military is closer than it was with previous presidents. A military coup is out of the question, so the only way it could be potentially be performed is through cartel violence but even then the interim president would be the secretary of state who seems to also be heavily involved with AMLO's vision and is championing the same presidential candidates AMLO is championing, and if Morena already has overwhelming popular support, imagine the sort of support it would have with a bona fide martyr.

    Plus AMLO has been otherwise an excellent administrator of the bourgeoisie state and has sticked close to the USMC in every other regard, I don't think a coup is in the cards, it's just a couple of investors throwing a hissy fit. I don't think Biden can risk moving the carpet that much at the south without furthering the inflationary crisis. A dumber president might though. Plus the US does have a bit of negotiating leverage without doing coup shit, like taxing remittances which are mondo important for the mexican economy.