Newly inaugurated President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waxed poetic about the plan to provide jobs so people won't have to emigrate. "I have a dream that I want to see become a reality ... that nobody will want to go work in the United States anymore," he said. (Associated Press)
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds his first news conference as president, which started at 7 a.m. local time in Mexico City, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Mexico's newly inaugurated president hit the ground running Monday with his pledge to govern as a common man and end decades of secrecy, heavy security and luxury enjoyed by past presidents. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is making his third bid for the Mexican presidency. His rhetoric has been compared to Donald Trump's. (Associated Press/File)
Supporters of former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador cheer during a protest against the proposed energy reforms that would allow private companies to explore the country's oil and gas reserves. The proposal requires constitutional changes that strike at the heart of one of Mexico's proudest moments: President Lazaro Cardenas' nationalization of the oil company in 1938.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador greets supporters at a campaign rally in Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico, on June 6. A new poll shows his support in the presidential election rising, although he remains well behind front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto, a centrist. Mr. Lopez Obrador is a leftist. (Associated Press)