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Podcast: New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast
Episode: Politicians, Cartels, Murders, Oh My!
Description: Chris Dalby explains what the Mexican cartels want and how they are getting it.
Politics in Mexico has long been a blood sport: not only âwinner takes all,â but also incredibly violent. Last monthâs national electionsâwhen the country's first female president won with a record number of votes and by a record margin of victoryâdemonstrated both trends. President-elect Claudia Sheinbaumâs Morena party (founded and still controlled by outgoing President AndrĂ©s Manuel LĂłpez Obrador) won huge national and state legislative victories. But the electoral campaign was punctuated by more than 100 political assassinations, as well as widespread...