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Mexican voters elected Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as president based on his promises to combat government and private sector corruption. Thanks to congressional majorities, he will become the strongest Mexican president in decades when he takes office Dec. 1.

Thanks to congressional majorities, the man popularly known as AMLO will become the strongest Mexican president in decades when he takes office Dec. 1.

How Lopez Obrador's Election as President Will Change Mexico

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The Importance of Mexico

With Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador set to take the oath of office on Dec. 1 as Mexico's next president, Stratfor is publishing a chronology of archived analyses written since Lopez Obrador's election on July 1. The congressional majorities Lopez Obrador's coalition also secured over the summer will give the new Mexican president the power to implement much of his populist agenda.

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How Lopez Obrador's Election as President Will Change Mexico

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