This week’s Latin America Brief looks at how U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s election win has reverberated across the region—and examines what Democrats could learn from their Latin American counterparts.
Some Latin American observers argued this week that the Democrats should have taken a strategic cue from leftists in Mexico. President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena party was a rare incumbent this year that not only retained the presidency but also grew its congressional majority.
This week’s Latin America Brief looks at how U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s election win has reverberated across the region—and examines what Democrats could learn from their Latin American counterparts.
Some Latin American observers argued this week that the Democrats should have taken a strategic cue from leftists in Mexico. President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena party was a rare incumbent this year that not only retained the presidency but also grew its congressional majority.
Over the last several years, Morena officials raised Mexico’s minimum wage dramatically and exhaustively communicated their intent to carry out economic programs to support the poor. Voters cited those policies during Mexico’s June election, and they appeared to overpower concerns about other problems in the country, such as security.
“The Democrats didn’t come out to vote because there is not a populist and transformative political project” within the party, Mexican writer and communications consultant Alberto Lujambio posted on X.
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