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For the many, not the few in Mexico
The country's next president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador advances policies which could finally challenge neoliberal austerity, corruption and narco violence in his new book, says LEO BOIX
Mexico's president elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
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A New Hope For Mexico
by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
(O/R Books, £15)
“OUR first priority must be serving the poor. It is both an ethical imperative and a necessity for ensuring the stability of Mexican society,” writes Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, commonly referred to as AMLO, in A New Hope for Mexico.
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