"Mafia of power" and "influence peddlers" are some of the labels used by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for Mexican business leaders, except for one -- Carlos Slim, Latin America's richest man.“Mafia of power” and “influence peddlers” are some of the labels used by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for Mexican business leaders, except for one — Carlos Slim, Latin America’s richest man.
America Movil paid taxes of 28 billion pesos in Mexico on December 16 after selling a subsidiary in the United States, Lopez Obrador tweeted along with a photo of Slim. Slim’s construction company, Carso, built the elevated section of the Mexico City metro that collapsed in May, killing 26 people. The paths of the politician and the businessman crossed when Lopez Obrador was mayor of Mexico City from 2000 to 2005 and Slim invested in development projects in the capital’s historic center.“Lopez Obrador is too shrewd to take on the most powerful man in Mexico,” he said.– ‘Above political conflicts’ –After coming to power, Lopez Obrador canceled the construction of a half-finished new airport for Mexico City.
Slim’s business career took off when he bought Telefonos de Mexico from the Mexican state in 1990, during the presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, one of Lopez Obrador’s biggest rivals.