Mexico's presidential front-runner vows stable economy; aide urges NAFTA delay


  • World
  • Tuesday, 21 Nov 2017

Mexico presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), greets his supporters before presenting his manifesto in Mexico City, Mexico, November 20, 2017. REUTERS/Henry Romero

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's leftist presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed on Monday to boost infrastructure spending but guard economic stability, while his team reiterated that ongoing NAFTA talks should be put off until after next year's election.

Lopez Obrador, the front-runner in most polls ahead of the July vote, unveiled a platform that envisioned an austere government to root out corruption and redirect spending to public works and social programs without new taxes or raising the debt-to-GDP ratio.

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