[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap] was in Mexico just a few weeks ago and confirmed a suspicion about this coming Sunday’s presidential election. The mood of the country, as it relates to election front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, lies somewhere between resignation and exhaustion.
On Lopez Obrador's third attempt at winning the presidency of Mexico, all polls show the populist-socialist-leftist-etc career politician will finally get it on July 1. The reasons why were evident once more last night. On Wednesday evening, Lopez Obrador closed his campaign with a massive rally at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The five-hour-long event live-streamed on YouTube and topped 1 million views by midnight. There were dancers, singers, a pop star.
A stated attendance of more than 80,000 people waited up to four hours to hear Lopez Obrador give a speech, which lasted an hour more and repeated the same things he's been saying for more than 15 years.