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AMLO Update: Morena Takes Control

By Benjamin Russell

López Obrador’s congressional majority just got bigger.

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In its first week in control of Congress, Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party tightened its grip on power, negotiating its way to an absolute majority in the lower house and locking up key leadership positions.

The maneuver was highly controversial. Thanks to an intervention by Morena senators, Green Party (PVEM) senator Manuel Velasco was allowed to temporarily...

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