Like Trump, Mexico's Lopez Obrador Is a 'Love-Him-or-Loathe-Him' Politician The Yucatan Times
go to original January 9, 2017

Like Donald Trump, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (R) is a “love him or loathe him” politician (noticracia.com)

Telling voters what they wanted to hear worked out well for Donald Trump. As Mexico shifts into election gear in 2017, another populist, anti-establishment figure will be hoping to follow in the US president-elect’s footsteps.

The Financial Times reports that like Mr Trump, Andrés Manuel López Obrador is a love-him or loathe-him figure with a message that resonates with the underprivileged and the angry.

In the case of AMLO, as the maverick leftist is widely known, that message includes: promises to stamp out corruption, sweep out the ‘mafia of power’, give the elderly better pensions, cut fat cat government salaries, create jobs and roll out a huge infrastructure programme. He pledges to bring “real change” to Mexico.

Many voters have heard it all before. It is Mr López Obrador’s third try at the presidency, after losing by a whisker in 2006 to conservative Felipe Calderón in elections Amlo said were stolen. In 2012, Mr López Obrador was a close runner-up to President Enrique Peña Nieto.

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Related: López Obrador Calls for Political Pact for Unity in Mexico (Prensa Latina)

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