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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Stevenson

Mexico's president breaks with tradition in quarrel with scrappy opposition upstart

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Mexico’s president has vowed to continue campaigning against the opposition front-runner for the 2024 presidential elections, breaking a longstanding tradition of Mexican presidents keeping out of the race to succeed them.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's target is Xóchitl Gálvez, a plain-talking senator and former indigenous affairs official. Gálvez hasn’t been nominated yet by opposition parties, but has been gaining momentum.

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