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Furious final day of campaigning before Mexico's elections
Maria Verza and Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press
Updated 10:10 pm, Wednesday, June 27, 2018
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's legal campaign season wrapped up Wednesday as the candidates made final appeals to voters ahead of Sunday's elections, with leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador the clear favorite to win the presidency.
Lopez Obrador made a jubilant entrance into Mexico City's Azteca Stadium for his final campaign event, telling the cheering crowd of nearly 100,000 people that there is "a contagious and vibrant joy because you find them indicating that we are going to win!"
He pledged not to fight with the U.S. government and said he will reduce the poverty and joblessness that forces Mexicans to emigrate. He also promised to cut the president's salary in half and eliminate the country's secret service and intelligence agency.
The No. 2 in the polls, conservative Ricardo Anaya, spoke at a rally in the conservative state of Guanajuato, while ruling party candidate Jose Antonio Meade held events in the northern states of Coahuila and Nuevo Leon.
More:
https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Furious-final-day-of-campaigning-before-Mexico-s-13031348.php
LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142097184