WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean: AMLO Goes to Washington, the Mexico/US Bilater

With guest Marco Castillo, Executive Director of Global Exchange and coordinator for Nuestra Red On July 12 when Mexican president Lopez Obrador traveled to Washington DC his most exciting encounter for Mexicans (both in the U.S. and in Mexico) was not his meeting with President Biden, but his impromptu encounter with well wishers outside his hotel room at The Lombardy. A video of the encounter went viral. It showed the president (known by his initials AMLO) sticking his head out the window, blowing kisses, catching a bouquet of flowers thrown to him, and being serenaded by mariachis singing “Amigo” (You are my soul brother, a friend that in every way and day is always with me). AMLO’s meeting with Biden included such agenda items as: prioritizing Mexico’s sovereignty, curbing migration by offering more visa options, and inflation. López Obrador, who spoke for over 30 minutes in the Oval Office, reminded Biden of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Good Neighbor” policy, w