Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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For him, anyway, far from quieting the right, Twitter makes it louder.

First up, though.

Vive Mexico!

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, commonly known as AMLO, swept to power in 2018,

promising not just to reduce, but to wipe out corruption. The left-wing populist had surfed a wave-of-her-of-his-prudest-his-prudsonar to people.

The left-wing populist had surfed a wave of anger against the government of his predecessor,

Enrique Peña Nieto, commonly accused of being the most corrupt administration in the country's history.

But Emilio Lozoya, one of the targets of the subsequent graft investigation, was extradited from Spain in July.

Last week, he flipped the script, making his own allegations of corruption.

His testimony in a leaked deposition has rocked Mexico, accusing dozens of politicians, including

former President Peña, of bribery involving millions of dollars, the kinds of allegations that Mr. Pena has denied in the past.

In terms of the people accused here,

we are talking about the biggest corruption scandal in Mexican history.

And the man who has set this scandal in motion is Emilio Lo Soya.

Richard Enzer is our Mexico City Bureau Chief.

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