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Does AMLO Have a Venezuela Problem?

By Brendan O'Boyle

Fair or unfair, comparisons to Hugo Chávez have dogged the Mexican politician. Will they sink him in 2018?

Attack ads comparing Andrés Manuel López Obrador to the late Hugo Chávez helped sink his first bid for the Mexican presidency over a decade ago. Now, with 14 months to go until the 2018 presidential election, he is once again the front-runner and charges of sympathizing with the Venezuelan government are coming thick and fast.

Thinking ahead to the national election and with a bellwether June 4 governor’s race in Mexico state fast approaching, his opponents at...

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