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‘The neoliberal nightmare’ is over in Mexico, Amlo declares
The Mexican President promises ‘markets won’t replace the state’
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

NEOLIBERALISM has been “abolished” in Mexico according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (Amlo) who introduced the country’s new economic plan yesterday.

He explained: “The neoliberal model and its economic policy of pillage and handouts are abolished” in Mexico promising that “the market won’t replace the state.”

Amlo, who pledged to end corruption and reverse privatisation after being elected last year said “the nightmare” of neoliberalism was over.

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