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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Christopher Sherman

Mexico's poorest receiving less government funds under president who brought poor to the fore

Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador swept into office nearly six years ago with a simple motto laying out his administration’s priorities: “For the good of all, first the poor.”

His administration scrapped a host of existing social programs and installed their own, quickly increasing overall social spending to unprecedented heights for senior citizens, unemployed youth, students, farmers and people with disabilities.

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