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Mexico set to swear in new president Lopez Obrador

Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will assume the Mexican presidency on December 1, 2018, succeeding the unpopular Enrique Pena Nieto. [AFP/File / Ronaldo SCHEMIDT]

Anti-establishment leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will be sworn in as Mexico's next president on Saturday -- a dramatic change in direction for a country fed up with corruption, poverty and crime.

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