Morena

Wikipedia describes it as centre-left to left-wing. Ariadna Montiel Reyes has been its president since May 2026. It governs with the presidency of Claudia Sheinbaum, holds 254 of 500 Chamber seats and 66 of 128 Senate seats, and is named in the race for the largest party in the 2027 Mexican legislative election.

History

Morena was founded in 2011 by Andrés Manuel López Obrador as a civil association and became a registered political party in 2014. In 2018 López Obrador won the presidency with 53.2% of the vote, described by Wikipedia as the first outright majority in modern Mexican democratic history. In 2024 Claudia Sheinbaum won with 61.18%, becoming Mexico's first female president. The party reports 11,629,541 members in 2026 and holds 23 of 32 governorships.

Positions

Wikipedia describes Morena as combining elements of left-wing populism and progressivism. It opposes neoliberal economic policy and supports expanded social welfare programmes, increased public investment in infrastructure and state control over strategic industries.

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