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The ruling party of Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador won the governorship of the country’s most populous state, dealing a life-threatening blow to the former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party — or PRI — which had governed the state of Mexico without interruption for nearly a century. With more than 99% of precincts counted in a preliminary report, electoral authorities …
Delfina Gómez, left, Morena political party gubernatorial candidate, greets supporters as she campaigns in Valle de Chalco, Mexico, on May 28, 2023. The party’s success rests squarely on its founder, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the populist widely known as AMLO whose vows to combat corruption and put the poor first have inspired a fervent following. “This is obviously about …
