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Jun 2018
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Leftist firebrand AMLO leading Mexican e...

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Andres Manuel Lopes Obrador, a leftist candidate pledging to fight corruption and revive the agricultural sector, is leading in the polls leading up to Mexico’s July 1 presidential vote. He is both similar to and very different from Donald Trump. Learn how to use the English expression “buck the trend.”

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