AP Photo/Christian Palma Andrés Manuel López Obrador won Mexico’s presidency in a landslide victory on Sunday night. The 64-year-old populist inherits a country plagued with official corruption and violence, and a population increasing disillusioned with the political status quo. He campaigned on a platform of ending corruption and poverty and has vowed not to live […]
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Trump ‘looks forward’ to working with Mexico’s new president Obrador
US President Donald Trump has congratulated his newly elected Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, after multiple polls and an early count showed the leftist anti-establishment candidate decisively leading the vote. “There is much to be done that will benefit both the United States and Mexico!” Trump tweeted Sunday night. Although Obrador, 64, has vowed […]