Mexicans weary of spiraling violence and corruption voted Sunday in an election pitting a leftist populist promising to oust the ruling elite against rivals who warn that he would lead the country to economic disaster.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, better known as AMLO, has said he will transform Mexico if he wins this his third bid for the presidency, vowing to oust the “mafia of power” he says has looted the country and rule for the poor.
“There is a lot of inequality, a lot of violence in this country,” said Lopez Obrador voter Hugo Carlos, 73. “This situation has to be changed.”
While Lopez Obrador, 64, held a commanding lead in polls, he worried many who fear he could set the country back decades with an interventionist economic policy.
“I am concerned that some candidates are making proposals that are impossible, because they’re very expensive to carry out,” said Juan Carlos Limas, 26, who lined up at a Mexico City precinct to vote for Ricardo Anaya, who is running second in polls for a right-left coalition.
Lopez Obrador, who cast his ballot early Sunday, has pledged to give scholarships or paid apprenticeships to youth, and increase support payments for the elderly.
All the candidates are lambasting President Donald Trump’s policies against migrants and Mexico, but voters were wondering who could best deal with Trump.
Sunday’s elections for posts at every level of government are Mexico’s largest ever and have become a referendum on corruption, graft and other tricks used to divert taxpayer money to officials’ pockets and empty those of the…
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