Elections Mexico, the populist López Obrador is the new president

a historic day and will be a memorable night. Andrés Manuel Lpez Obrador the new Mexican President and emotionally can now say: The majority decided to start the fourth transformation of the country (after independence, reform and revolution ndr ). Call for national reconciliation: First the homeland. Rebadure those who fear a Venezuelan change: There will be profound changes but it will be a true democracy, it will not be an open or hidden dictatorship.

First the poor

Amlo denies that there will be expropriations and guarantees freedom of enterprise, expression and confession. Fight against corruption and impunity without favoring friends. No taxes, no promises, no fuel price will increase. We will listen to everyone but prefer the last one and forget it. Reference to discriminated indigenous peoples: For the benefit of all, first the poor. Against the violence of organized crime that devastates the country, the new president immediately announced his intention to convene representatives of victims, international organizations and religious authorities to launch a peace process. Do not betray people: do not disappoint. I want to go to history as a good president.

Trump's tweet

Via Twitter, US President Donald Trump, hastens to congratulate: There is so much to do for both countries, I can not wait to work with him. Migrants (Amlo cites them in his speech) to trade, many open questions between the two North American neighbors

Polls

The triumph of Amlo long since announced by the polls has therefore been confirmed by the election results. Closed the seats, shortly after the local eight (the three Monday morning in Italy), the candidate of the ruling party, Jos Antonio Meade, with tears in his eyes, has already accepted the capitulation: the exit polls announce relentlessly a post more than twenty-five points. Shortly after, the second rider, Ricardo Anaya, congratulated the winner, who left the headquarters of Colonia Roma to go to the center of Mexico, for the first words in front of the cameras waiting for him at the Hilton. And, above all, for the crowd in the night on the endless Piazza dello Zocalo. At this point, there were already screenings (six in the morning in Italian) which ensured that this time had really won with 53% of the preferences.

The Way

Now or Never: This will be my last election campaign, Amlo had already announced. After the failure of the first two, in 2006 to measure (with the fraud report) then again in 2012, at the age of 64, Lpez Obrador built this time an armored way to the presidency. He moderated the radical tones, elaborated a rebaduring speech, especially he made pragmatic alliances and drew in the leading group the exhibitors of the establishment . Then he traveled all over the country, all the states, the 300 municipalities, three meetings a day, and an extraordinary ability to talk to people, to pet, to touch, to bless.

Biography

The poor and Indian state of Tabasco, the Peje (nickname that comes from a local fish) the first child of a modest and numerous family. Young orthodox priista: politically Amlo was born and grew up in the most traditional ranks of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and remains attached to the left wing of the PRI, which in the late eighties reached the split. From there, his trip to social movements, not very bureaucratic and very street politicians, to indigenous marches, sit-ins against the exploitation of the land, to picket lines against oil companies. Until the presidency, forty years later. It officially becomes official on December 1st.