López Obrador will be the next president of Mexico and will take the left to power

CITY OF MEXICO.- In a


presidential election
Historically, leftist leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador prevailed in Mexico by a large advantage according to the first exit polls, and printed an unprecedented ideological turn to the second largest economy in Latin America, motivated by Mexicans fatigue with corruption, violence and inequality, and its palpable
frustration with traditional political parties.

López Obrador, "AMLO", as he is known here, leader of the National Movement of Regeneration (Morena), has imposed himself in the electoral contest to succeed the president.


Enrique Peña Nieto
and would get 49% of the votes, according to the newspaper's "exit polls"
El Financiero and Consulta Mitofsky

AMLO takes a large advantage over Ricardo Anaya, candidate of a coalition led by the National Action Party (PAN) on the right and the Party of the Democratic Left Revolution (PRD), and José Antonio Meade, official candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Both candidates quickly recognized their defeat.

With his victory granted by his rivals, Lopez Obrador will become the next president of Mexico, and will take the left to power for the first time in a democracy with the mandate to deploy a "radical transformation." "His main promise was made. eradicating corruption.

Wrapped in a tense expectation, Mexico is waiting for the first official results of the National Electoral Institute (INE), the so-called "quick account", to confirm the trend of investigations and elucidate one. Another question of the day: the composition of the Congress Tens of thousands of Mexicans began to populate the Zócalo, in the center of the city, to celebrate the new political landscape left by the ballot boxes.

After a contest tinged with violence, the "dirty campaign" and the polarization of the country, López Obrador began to refine his speech by repeating a call to the unity, affirming, after having voted, that the country should bitter a "stage of national reconciliation."

"It will be decided between more of the same thing, or a real change," condemned López Obrador, in his vote. It was his third attempt at the presidency, after the defeats of 2006 and 2012.

A few hours later, millions of Mexicans gave him a victory, they slapped the PRI and the PAN – much put into the same bag under the name "PRIAN" – and they finished building a political reversal never seen in Mexico: for the first time in a democracy, the left aimed to take power, and was preparing to govern the country of Los Pinos.

We have been waiting for this for a while, because we are already tired of all parties, especially the PRI, "said Elva Martínez Muñoz, 55, a professor of physical education. All his life left. Admire Cristina Kirchner and Dilma Rousseff. And she is a devoted follower of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whom she praises "her honesty, her frankness", and that she sees with "a lot of attitude to change", a- he said, waiting for it to come out of a Morena bunker. the city. After years of disappointment, I was closer than ever before celebrating the outcome of an election.

"We're fine, we're fine, we're fine, we'll wait for the result," said López Obrador. This office in Morena, in the Roma Norte district of the city. Before asking a question to LA NACION, he welcomed Argentina and said that he hoped to have a "good" relationship with President Mauricio Macri.

From the beginning, more than 89 million Mexicans began to participate in an election campaign aimed at being new, led by young people, who accounted for nearly 40% of the electoral lists. The "millennial" vote was to be decisive in changing the outcome of the competition. The country has chosen an unprecedented number of posts – 3400, including the president, 128 senators, 500 deputies, mayors, governors and local legislators – after a bloody campaign in which more than 145 politicians were shot dead, according to the consulting firm Etellekt

Attentive to historical fears of fraud – which seemed to dissipate as election day progressed – parties registered 2.7 million prosecutors and thousands of foreign observers scattered throughout the country. country.

] Concerned

Ignacio Casas, a 42-year-old Argentinian married to a Mexican who has lived in Mexico for a decade, voted for the first time in a presidential election in the country. Like other Mexicans, he said that he felt "a little worried" about the rise of López Obrador. He voted for Ricardo Anaya, who led an atypical coalition of PAN, the traditional right-wing party, with the left-wing party left behind by López Obrador, the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD).

the most reasonable option, "said Casas." We do not know what will happen, and that's largely the reason for the concern. "

Many Mexicans have decided their vote on the day of the election.It was the case of Eduardo Corona and Cristina Escalante, both 25 years old, who were discussing who to return by watching the match between l & # 3939; Spain and Russia for the knockout stages of the World Cup.Before going to the "polling stations", they were inclined to a "useful vote": Anaya, which polls placed in second position. None of them looked favorably on López Obrador, but they were not convinced either by the rest of the candidates

"I'm mad if Andrés Manuel wins, not at all, he will bring uncertainty to the country, I do not want to be Venezuela ", expressing a fear rooted in a fraction of the electorate." S / he won e the majority in Congress, we are lost. "

Near the offices of Morena, in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City, 39-year-old Kirén Miret, a journalist at El Financiero, was one of the Mexican women in Mexico. I was going to vote for López Obrador for the first time. He did not believe the populist warnings that many have launched about Morena's leader. "He wants to transcend as a person who has changed Mexico," he said.

Miret said that the country was very polarized in the election in search of a "fundamental change" after the rock of the PRI and PAN. Power this century. It was difficult to find in Mexico City – the Battle of López Obrador – anyone who was overthrown by pro-government candidate, José Antonio Meade, who had to carry the heavy legacy left by President Enrique Peña Nieto [19659012"It'sanirreconcilablemomentwiththePRI"saidMiret"WehadtheopportunitytoalternatebutthePANdidalotofpainthepunishmentvotemustbepresentandthat'swhyAMLOhbadomuchbenefit"hesaiddescribed

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