Dazzled Mexicans filed into the opulent residence of their presidents on Saturday, when the new government threw open its doors in a highly symbolic moment one visitor likened to entering the Palace of Versailles in the French Revolution. Photo: AP Dazzled Mexicans filed into the opulent residence of their presidents on Saturday, when the new government threw open its doors in a highly symbolic moment one visitor likened to entering the Palace of Versailles in the French Revolution. Photo: AP
Dazzled Mexicans filed into the opulent residence of their presidents on Saturday, when the new government threw open its doors in a highly symbolic moment one visitor likened to entering the Palace of Versailles in the French Revolution. Photo: AP
Mexico
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Mexico’s new leader AMLO shuns opulent Los Pinos presidential residence, opens doors to public

  • In inaugural address, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed to end the rule of a ‘rapacious’ elite and pledged to bring about a radical rebirth of Mexico
  • President will live at his modest home on the city’s south side

Topic |   Mexico
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Updated: 9:29pm, 2 Dec, 2018

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Dazzled Mexicans filed into the opulent residence of their presidents on Saturday, when the new government threw open its doors in a highly symbolic moment one visitor likened to entering the Palace of Versailles in the French Revolution. Photo: AP Dazzled Mexicans filed into the opulent residence of their presidents on Saturday, when the new government threw open its doors in a highly symbolic moment one visitor likened to entering the Palace of Versailles in the French Revolution. Photo: AP
Dazzled Mexicans filed into the opulent residence of their presidents on Saturday, when the new government threw open its doors in a highly symbolic moment one visitor likened to entering the Palace of Versailles in the French Revolution. Photo: AP
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