Mexico presidential hopeful rejects comparisons to Venezuela

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, leader of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), takes a selfie with supporters as he arrives to his rally at Mexican revolution monument in Mexico City, Mexico September 3, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The current front-runner for Mexico's 2018 presidential election on Sunday rejected comparisons of his leftist party to Venezuela's socialist government, saying his movement was a Mexican-made revolution against rampant corruption.

Former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has led early opinion polls for the 2018 election, supported by frustration with rising crime and corruption scandals that have battered the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).