Mexico’s Weak Opposition—and Morena’s Hidden Fragility
By
Luis Rubio
Next year’s midterm elections might alter the nation’s political map, writes an expert.
MEXICO CITY—Across the world, dominant parties often appear invincible until the institutions that sustain them begin to weaken. Mexico may be approaching one of those moments. Morena looks politically invincible. It isn’t. President Claudia Sheinbaum remains extraordinarily popular, an underperforming economy has yet to produce a major political backlash, and the opposition is at its weakest point in decades. Yet appearances can be deceiving. Unlike the PRI during its 20th-century heyday, Morena has never built the institutional foundations that sustained one-party rule for...
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