Mexican president passes coronavirus buck to allies, rivals, business

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As Mexico scrambles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, many initiatives aimed ...

MEXICO CITY - As Mexico scrambles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, many initiatives aimed at tempering the threat have come not from the president, but lesser officials, businesses and ordinary people.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says there is no cause for alarm, and is continuing to hold regular public rallies around Mexico. He argues the country must keep going to limit damage to the economy lest it hurt the poor and the elderly. Some fear that failure to do enough may end up hurting the very people the president says he wants to protect.

Late on Thursday, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, a close ally of Lopez Obrador, delivered a video message in which she urged inhabitants of the capital to stay at home. On Friday, traffic flowed freely in a city notorious for its gridlock. At the same time, he has shifted responsibility for some actions to others, saying he would wind down the mass rallies when a deputy health minister standing next to him told him to.

 

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so he's a Republican....

FAKE 😛

why are all these leaders so irresponsible ?!?

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