Mexico votes with AMLO's 'transformation' at stake
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06/06/2021 - 10:50
Mexicans will vote in elections seen as critical to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's reform agenda PEDRO PARDO AFP/File
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Mexico City (AFP)
Mexicans vote Sunday in elections seen as pivotal to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's promised "transformation" of a country shaken by the coronavirus pandemic, a deep recession and drug-related violence.
The midterm polls, which get under way at 08:00 am (1300 GMT), will elect the 500 members of the lower house of Congress, 15 of 32 state governors and thousands of local politicians.
The vote is viewed as critical to the prospects of Lopez Obrador -- known by his initials AMLO -- pushing through reforms under his so-called "Fourth Transformation" plan.