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What AMLO wrote of his predecessor applies to all of the US implants in South America and most of Europe's leaders troday: “Nieto? He’s one more puppet for the elite, a frivolous and irrelevant character. And yet this spineless, immoral, unpredictable sycophant has led to the deterioration of the country in every facet of public life. Not only are we plagued by impoverishment and unemployment, but instability and insecurity are rampant. Decadence prospers because a new collective politics was not pursued; instead the regime doubled down on its grasp of neo-liberal politics. In a mere two years Pena Nieto managed to impose a foreign agenda on a compliant populace. As Mexico’s elites conspired, so-called ‘reforms’ were enacted in the spheres of labor, education, economic policy, and energy. The country’s sovereignty and the pueblo’s integrity were violated, leaving frustration, chaos and violence in their wake.”* [* A New Hope for Mexico: Saying No to Corruption, Violence, and Trump’s Wall, by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, OR Books, 2018]