Yucatan Living

Obrador Speech in Merida

Below is a brief clip of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) giving a speech in the park located at the southern end of the Paseo de Montejo - outside El Gran Cafe - in Merida this past Sunday afternoon. We wrote an article about it here, but we thought a video might offer a better sense of the flavor of a presidential campaign here in Mexico.

He spoke for nearly an hour on a number of subjects, but in this short excerpt, he says he will not betray the people of Yucatan or the people of Mexico. That he will not fail them. That this is not an empty expression nor empty words. He says the three most important things in his life are not to lie, not to steal and not to betray the people. All good things to say when you're a politician, we suppose.