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CARDENAS-EGUILUZ, Pablo  y  MORENO-HERNANDEZ, Alejandro. Antagonistic Displacements: Lopezobradorism in Three Times. CONfines relacion. internaci. ciencia política [online]. 2023, vol.19, n.37, pp.178-197.  Epub 03-Mayo-2024. ISSN 1870-3569.  https://doi.org/10.46530/cf.vi37/cnfns.n37.p178-197.

This article analyzes lopezobradorism, based on political identities theory (Aboy Carlés, 2001a) and Ernesto Laclau´s concept of populism (2005). Assuming that lopezobradorism has constituted a populist political identity, this paper analyzes how this identity articulated demands and extended its electoral base between 2005 and 2018. Particularly, we highlight the antagonistic displacements and mutations of lopezobradorism as a political subject. In this sense, we observe that in 2005-06 AMLO presented himself as “the candidate of the poor” and established a political frontier between rich and poor, while in 2012 he was more centered on insecurity and corruption, trying to “reconcile” with some social sectors for his protest post-2006. In 2018, he accomplished to articulate his priority against poverty and insecurity, adding a strong discourse against corruption and trying to include politics, businessmen and famous people in his coalition; in this way, lopezobradorism suffered its last mutation establishing a frontier between “a corrupt elite” and “the people”.

Palabras llave : populism; lopezobradorism; political identity; antagonism political frontier.

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