“Amlo”, who won the presidential election in 2018 with a new party and a program of radical transformation of society, introduced a change in style that was both popular and populist.
Correspondent in Mexico
This September 15, 2024, more than 250,000 Mexicans crowded into the central square of Mexico City, the Zocalo, both to celebrate the 214 years of independence of their nation and to say goodbye to their president. Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador brandished the tricolor flag for the sixth and last time and shouted three times in a row, in a hoarse voice, the traditional “ Long live Mexico ! »
At the age of 70, the head of state retired from political life, being one of the most popular in Mexico. “ It’s an honor to be with Obrador »his followers like to repeat, who take advantage of his many domestic journeys to hug him or buy a soft toy bearing his image. “ Priority to the poor »has always been the mantra of the founder of Morena, the National Regeneration Movement, a civil association that became a party in 2012, which is now hegemonic in the country. With this rhetoric, he presents himself as the ally…
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