Mexican President’s 28-Minute Monologue Had Biden, Trudeau Staring at Feet

Mexico’s AMLO dominates summit-ending news conference
Asked about migration, he discussed malaria, disability, crime

WATCH: AMLO discusses migration and helping migrants during a news conference that marked the end of a summit between him, Biden and Trudeau.

Source: Bloomberg

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By Max de Haldevang

January 11, 2023 at 2:00 AM UTC

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The question was about migration. But Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had a lot to say on just about everything else.

Standing between US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a summit-ending news conference in Mexico City on Tuesday, the Mexican leader, known as AMLO, spent about 28 minutes answering a single reporter’s questions as his guests fiddled uncomfortably at their lecterns.