A statue depicting Mexico's former President Enrique Pena Nieto is displayed at Los Pinos Presidential residence, turned into a museum by order of Mexico's new President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in Mexico City, Mexico December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Dazzled Mexicans filed into the opulent residence of their presidents on Saturday, when the new government threw open its doors in a highly symbolic moment one visitor likened to entering the Palace of Versailles in the French Revolution.
Before leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was even sworn in Saturday morning, hundreds of Mexicans lined up to be among the first to see formerly private quarters in "Los Pinos," the home of presidents during the last eight decades.
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