Mexico's Lopez Obrador hails end to aloof politics, launches daily address


FILE PHOTO - Mexico's new President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a news conference at National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico December 3, 2018. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - In just 48 hours in office, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has stamped a marked change of style on Mexican politics, with hands-on policies and symbolic moves aimed at narrowing the gap between the government and the people.

On Monday, he held his first news conference, promising to repeat the exercise every weekday at 7 a.m. - a contrast to predecessor Enrique Pena Nieto, who rarely took journalists' questions, preferring to deliver stage-managed speeches.

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