published by Jeff Green: Andrés Manuel López Obrador | International Center of Human Rights: All For Them El Chapo Guzman is a babe in arms when it comes to ill-gotten wealth. There is a mafia of power in Mexico that has done a lot more damaged. It is white collar crime. When it comes to ill-gotten wealth, El Chapo is an infant compared to those looters of Mexico. ‘El Chapo’ is not playing in the big leagues,” said former presidential candidate of the left, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, I don’t think it will solve the underlying problem, the official banditry, it is just advertising and will not address the serious national problems faced by Mexico.” Andrés Manuel López Obrador was a founding member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD ) and became the mayor of Mexico City in 2000. He was an extremely popular mayor who became the first public administration in the country to take firm steps in terms of transparency. Before the city passed a law on the subject, his office published payroll and property declarations of senior public servants, starting with the Heads of Government on the Internet. the social programs addressing healthcare, pensions, disability where unprecedented in Mexico. The campaign slogan “For the good of all but first the poor was expressed further during his time as mayor by the many social movements joined by his populist leadership. His poll numbers where steadily around the 80 percent level. In 2004 he was ranked the second best mayor in the world as a result of surveys published by citymayors/ , in which there were 400 nominees. In 2006, backed by the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD ), the Labor Party ( PT) and Convergence Party , as well as hundreds of thousands of Mexican organized in “Civic Networks ,“ Andrés Manuel López Obrador made a bid for the presidency of Mexico. After the electoral fraud of July 2, López Obrador contested the election to the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF ) and started a national movement of peaceful civil resistance to demand that the ballot boxes be opened and all votes counted. From the Zocalo of Mexico City , Sunday March 25, 2007, “the legitimate president of Mexico” called the people of Mexico to an extraordinary meeting to defend the national heritage of Pemex from an initiative to privatize it in direct contradiction to the constitution of Mexico. Now, the leader of a new party, Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that MORENA decided not to join other leftist parties which have proven to be disappointing and unable to meet the daunting political and social challenges which face Mexico, “the underlying problem, the official banditry.” Andrés Manuel López Obrador will be speaking at Los Angeles City hall 10:00 am March 29th! Here is the Facebook event page: https://facebook/events/1443961652507291
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