Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gears up for his first state of th...
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gears up for his first state of the union address on Sunday with the economy flirting with recession, murders reaching record levels - and his popularity riding high.
Throughout, he has rammed home a message that the chronic inequality, gang violence and tepid growth afflicting Mexico are the product of decades of government by a corrupt political and economic elite still trying to resist his promise of change. Meanwhile, the economy posted no growth in the second quarter and shrank by 0.3% in the January-March period.
His moves have placated Trump, who is deeply unpopular in Mexico. But polls suggest a growing hostility toward migrants in Mexico. Meanwhile, some officials in Lopez Obrador’s administration are unhappy with his accommodation of Trump.
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