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Mexico’s ‘AMLO’ downplays fears of radicalism in victory speech
MEXICO CITY, July 2, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Mexico’s next president, anti-
establishment leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, vowed Sunday to bring
“deep change” after winning a resounding election victory, but sought to
soothe fears he will unleash authoritarian tendencies in office.
“Our new national project seeks an authentic democracy. We are not looking
to construct a dictatorship, either open or hidden,” said the politician
known as “AMLO” in his victory speech, promising to safeguard freedoms,
respect the private sector and pursue a relationship of “friendship and
cooperation” with the United States.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1051 hrs