Now days we have to ask if political movements are committed to democracy even before we ask if the lean left or right.
For example, We already had a Universal Basic Healthcare called Seguro Popular. Which was destroyed in 2018 by this regime on a tantrum which left millions without coverage. We went from 9% uncovered to 26% uncovered. They are still trying to figure out how to fix that.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12639676/
The "Abrazos, no balazos" approach turned out to be the party colluding with organized crime to win elections.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/07/16/mexicans-...
https://www.as-coa.org/articles/approval-tracker-mexicos-pre...
If lifting 8.3 million Mexican people out of poverty is "populism" then maybe we need more of that.
And I don't think the corruption claim is warranted. Her "Abrazos, no balazos" ("hugs, not guns") approach to dealing with gangs is taken as evidence of her being in cahoots with them but the data shows that it's clearly working. Homicides have dropped by almost half from a year ago! And other crimes have followed the same trajectory.
https://www.gob.mx/sspc/prensa/estrategia-nacional-de-seguri...