López Obrador, the unstoppable phenomenon that promises to revolutionize Mexico

On his third attempt, AMLO, as he is known in his country, appears as the big winner after an intense campaign; Accused of populism, his triumph raises fears in the establishment

CITY OF MEXICO.- In front of a crowded stage of the Azteca, who received it shouting "President! President! ", Andrés Manuel López Obrador closed his historic presidential campaign on the eve of last night anticipating a triumph of the left in the next day's elections, promised a peaceful and orderly, though" radical "revolution, to defeat corruption and change the Mexico. "It's an honor to be with Obrador!" his disciples. Slowly, AMLO, as it is known here, took a few minutes to make one last popular swim as he walked between a fence in the playground until the stage where he gave the last speech of his campaign. He shook hands, received kisses and slaps and took pictures with his people who had filled the stadium. For them, AMLO has once again promised them a revolution.

"We are about to begin the fourth transformation of Mexico's history and make dreams of many Mexicans a reality," says López Obrador. It will be a peaceful and orderly change, he promised, but also radical. "The radical comes from the roots, and this transformation will consist precisely in uprooting the corrupt regime of injustices and privileges," he said.

El Azteca witnessed the movement created by López Obrador in 18 years that the Mexican presidency persecuted . Some 100,000 people gave a message: Sunday, AMLO will go for his third attempt at the presidency, and everything indicates that it will be the last. For his followers, it's "hope," the "change" they so crave. But his detractors – the average country – see his rise with panic: fear a decline of populism, to which Mexico has been immune.

"AMLO is a hurricane," says Humberto Guillén Gurrieta, 63, a retired engineer, while waiting for your candidate in the stands of the stadium. "He won the sympathy of the Mexican people, he won with the effort of knowing all the people of the republic, their people and their traditions, respect for their customs, and the misery left by the previous governments. "

None of the presidential candidates have gone as far as López Obrador. The historian Enrique Krauze put him years, in his first essay of the presidency, to a title which had remained to him: "Tropical Messiah". Raised at the PRI, then leader of the PRD, AMLO has managed to position itself as the face of change in this election. An "on the outside", standing on the way in front of the technocrats who ruled the country for the last three decades. His message against corruption was at the center of his campaign. Again and again, he accused "the mafia of power" and promised to "clean the government of corruption from top to bottom, while the stairs are swept."

"It will be a government of the people, for the people and with the people", he anticipates in the Aztec.

AMLO promises an austere government. He will not travel in the presidential plane and will not live in the official residence. He said that he will charge half of Enrique Peña Nieto, who will suspend the pensions of all the exmandatarios and that his government will have no deficit. Whatever is saved, he said, will be used to finance development.

"People who call themselves populists are afraid to uncover all the corruptions of the current government," says Ana García, 61, while dancing to the rhythm of the cumbia before the act. "This election is hoping to float our country," he continues.

His disciples often repeat the words "change" and "hope". None of the warnings are attacks from enemies – "the mafia of power" – who want to demonize their leader, whom they see as a fighter. They denote the corruption, inequality and violence that plague Mexico, and feel that's the time. Hope is immeasurable. "We hope that this man will bring light, peace, love and tranquility to this much needed Mexican people," said 59-year-old Gabriela Torres Cevillo, who was "whole". Life "with López Obrador

" People wake up, they realize, people are so hurt, so bad, so economically humiliated, there are people who are starving and the children of these unfortunate people are in Europe " he complains. "People have come to their reality, the Mexican people have bottomed out, we do not want more authoritarian, murderous and mediocre governments," he says.

López Obrador has brought together a diverse movement They are followed by the young, the old, the evangelicals, the far left – the Labor Party – and the far right – the Party of Social Encounters (PES) – who coexist in their coalition Together We Make Business people look at it with some suspicion, opponents fear radical turn to be fatal

Marta Magdaleno, a 28-year-old lawyer who volunteered for the campaign, says that he's the best president that the Mexico may have: "For us, it's hope, not fear. "

133 murders of politicians are developing

At least 133 politicians have been killed since the beginning of the electoral process in Mexico last September, culminating in the aftermath of tomorrow's elections, local consultancy Etellekt reported yesterday. Of these, 28 were pre-applicants and 20 others, candidates, added the firm specializing in risk badysis and public policy. These elections are the most important in the history of the country: in addition to the president, more than 18,000 positions will be renewed. The last attack against politicians took place the day before yesterday in the state of Michoacán, where an acting mayor was shot dead.