Channelling national pride, Mexican front-runner to campaign by U.S. border
Source: Reuters
APRIL 1, 2018 / 1:18 AM / UPDATED 10 MINUTES AGO
Lizbeth Diaz
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexicos presidential front-runner launches his campaign close to the U.S. border on Sunday amid tension over U.S. President Donald Trumps plan to put up a wall between the countries.
If leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wins the July 1 election, he is expected to be less accommodating towards Trump than the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which has been lagging in polls because of anger over its failure to contain violence and graft.
His three-month campaign starts in Ciudad Juarez, a tribute to the citys namesake Benito Juarez, the 19th century Mexican president from indigenous roots whose exiled government resisted a French colonialist intervention from the unruly border city.
Lopez Obrador recently criticized President Enrique Pena Nieto for governing with recipes sent from abroad, but he has lately softened his opposition to the governments policy of allowing foreign investment in the oil industry.
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dembotoz
(16,851 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)Good job, you stupid fuck.
I pray AMLO is anti-Spanky, not anti-American.
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)You probably helped elect the most leftist President Mexico could have. (I'm thrilled, personally!)
sandensea
(21,677 posts)"A most beautiful challenge," as one former Mexican president described his country.
burrowowl
(17,653 posts)Enough of PAN!
a la izquierda
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You realize theyve been mostly in power since 1934? AMLO isnt PRI. But the corrupt SOB Peña-Nieto is.