López Obrador responded to the New York Times: "I do not agree, even though it's a famous newspaper"

The article signed by Azam Ahmed and Kirk Semple indicated that the promised change had not come to the dismay of millions of voters.

"After his vast victory last year, the Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador promised a great transformation of the country, comparable to the independence of Spain and the Mexican Revolution," reads in the press article.

"But five months after the start of his term, the new Mexico he claims to build is very much like old Mexico he swore to leave "he adds.

Asked about the article, the Mexican president said.

"I do not agree, even though it's the New York Times… even though it's a famous newspaper. "

According to López Obrador, Mexican politics is evolving, mainly on the issue of corruption, although no former official has been arrested for the "looting" that the President himself denounced.

"It's a regime change"he added.

"I will give the New York Times an information, hopefully, and save it." In Mexico, corruption was not a serious crime and Salinas ordered that the Criminal Code be reformed in 1994 and be abolished as a serious crime, an act of corruption. , until nowadays .. I had the right to pay a deposit, and that's all"he said.

"What with dedication to the New York Times"he added.

Lopez Obrador gave a thesis on corruption in Mexico, saying that many fortunes had been created under the protection of the public power.

"These unscrupulous people made us live with corruption, which was acceptable," he added.

"Corruption was a big problem for López Obrador during his campaign, it is a national plague that he has promised to eradicate. However, since taking office, he has not announced any significant prosecution of officials or personalities for corruption, "recalled the New York Times.

"Beyond that, during his first three months, his government has spent more than 70% of his contracts directly, without bidding, according to Mexicans against corruption and impunity., an organization of investigative journalism, which symbolizes a strong change in López Obrador's promise to break with this tradition of Mexican politics, "he added.

AMLO has had flirtations with the press, particularly with the newspaper Reforma, which he criticizes as being conservative and hypocritical. According to the President, there is no anger, but he exercises his right of reply.