Breaking Up, Continued

Following last week's pushing and shoving as the PRD re-accommodates itself under Jesús Ortega's leadership, the party's lower-house moderates (also known as the Chuchos and the New Left) has opted to suspend personal contributions to AMLO's "legitimate" government. They had been contributing between 500 and 2000 dollars on a monthly basis from their legislative salaries. There are 50 Chucho deputies, so this could be a anywhere from $2,500 or $10,000 a month that AMLO won't have to spend.

This is the Mexican political equivalent of after a rough breakup, the salesman saying to his second-year med student ex: "You're on your own, cold turkey, I'm not giving you another cent."