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AMLO Doesn’t Want to Be Seen in Acapulco to Avoid Spectacle

Mexican president hits back at media for Acapulco coverage
Lopez Obrador has been criticized for Otis Hurricane response

President Lopez Obrador walks through mud during a visit near Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, after the passage of Hurricane Otis, on Oct. 25.Photographer: Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP/Getty Images

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By Carolina Millan

November 14, 2023 at 7:21 PM UTC

Updated on

November 14, 2023 at 10:31 PM UTC

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Most leaders want to be seen with victims in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Not Mexico’s Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Pictures of the president’s first trip to hurricane-hit Acapulco, where he was caught stuck in the mud trying to reach the devastated areas by car, have scarred him. In his own words, he now wants to avoid the “spectacle.”