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Mexico responds

You urge Mexicans to vote against the president and his party in elections to Congress (“The puritan from Tepetitán, May 29th). Your message is surprising, not because of The Economist’s ideological position, but because of the virulence of your writing and the fragility of your reasoning. You seem to believe that the majority of Mexicans, especially the poorest, are wrong and are backing the wrong person.

When Mexico elected Andrés Manuel López Obrador as president it was predicted that he would lead the country to economic ruin through devaluations, hyperinflation, indebtedness and a direct clash with the United States. None of this has happened. On the contrary, the administration of President López Obrador has fulfilled its promise to prioritise spending on our poorest citizens. At the same time, it has maintained fiscal discipline and sound public finances. For example, it has achieved historic increases in the minimum wage, while keeping inflation at bay and the currency stable. It has also...