Peaceful uprising rocks Mexican politics

“A walk through the encampments of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s followers, right in the heart of the city, is enough to make one realize that the political conflict in Mexico is here for the long haul.

We’re not talking about a matter of days now, but years — a complete shift in the way politics are conducted in Mexico.

López Obrador, presidential candidate of the center-left Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), didn’t only want to become president, but, more than anything, to change Mexico. And he is changing the country even if he won’t ever make it to the presidential residence, Los Pinos.”

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