MAPASTEPEC, Mexico — Like so many others in his impoverished part of southern Mexico, Joaquín Ramírez, a corn farmer, eagerly cast his vote in the presidential election last year for Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But less than five months into Mr. López Obrador’s term, Mr. Ramírez’s view of the president has begun to sour. Mr. Ramírez blames the influx on the president’s migrant-friendly messaging and policies. “By trying to do good, he has done a lot of bad,” Mr. Ramírez said in the main square in the town of Mapastepec. “It seems like he is more worried about them than about his own people.”

Source: New York Times April 20, 2019 13:43 UTC