López Obrador is the new president of Mexico

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, candidate of a coalition led by the National Movement for Regeneration (Morena), now obtains more than 40% of the vote according to the accounts of the National Institute Electoral of Mexico.

"It's a historic day," told reporters before 64-year-old Lopez Obrador, "it will be a neat and profound change," he added, surrounded by his wife, children, and children. A cloud of journalists in an electoral center in the south of Mexico City

López Obrador arrives at the presidency of Mexico in his third attempt.

During the campaign, he introduced himself as the anti-system candidate and announced a frontal fight against corruption. He was as good at listening to a large section of the population tired of the traditional parties that ruled the Aztec country for decades.

Second, Ricardo Anaya, promoted by a coalition of right and left (PAN, PRD and Movimiento Ciudadano.)

Change of the political map

The candidates of Morena , the coalition led by López Obrador, who currently do not rule any state, also take the triumph of five of the nine conflicting governorates

This triumph definitely changes the political map in the 32 states that make up Mexico and that until 39; at present were governed mainly by the PRI and the PAN.

In addition to electing president, some 89 million Mexicans were summoned to vote governors, mayors, senators and local and federal MPs among the more than 18,000 disputed positions. This is the first time that so many offices are elected in a single process

AMLO, as López Obrador is also known, will have the huge challenge of handling difficult relations with US President Donald Trump.

people would be surprised, but President Trump will have the same treatment with Obrador as he has with other foreign leaders, and he hopes to meet him soon, "said John Bolton, security advisor President of the United States

leaders can give surprising results, "he added in an interview with Fox News.

For the first time in decades, the left became president of the second Latin American economy.

In its 2018-2024 nation project, AMLO aims to save the countryside, revise the contracts of millionaires stemming from energy reform, an "austere government without luxury or privilege" and reduce the salaries of senior civil servants until 39 to 50% All to increase social programs and reduce poverty.

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