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A Brewing Crisis in Mexico

Budget cuts to the agency that oversees elections have sparked protests and present an even greater threat.
Protest against electoral reform in Mexico City
Thousands of demonstrators gather in Mexico City to protest against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's plan to reform the electoral authority. (Photo by Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his MORENA party have passed serious budget cuts and restrictions for the National Electoral Institute (INE), which oversees all elections in the country. This is bad news for Mexican democracy, and ultimately, for the United States as well. Already, large-scale protests have erupted across the country, and if nothing is done, risk eventually spiraling into civil war.

John Gustavsson is a Swedish conservative writer with a Ph.D. in economics, with past experience as a policy adviser and researcher in the European Parliament.

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