Mexican president jeered by hostile crowd at baseball event
Reuters
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has enjoyed soaring approval ratings in his first few months in power, got a rare taste of public animosity on Saturday when he was booed at the inauguration of a baseball stadium in Mexico City.
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during the opening celebrations of the Alfredo Harp Helu Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico March 23, 2019. Press Office Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador/Handout via REUTERS
In an evening ceremony to mark the opening of the new home of the Diablos Rojos de Mexico (Mexico City Red Devils), Lopez Obrador endured cat whistles, boos and cries of “out†from the packed crowd at the stadium close to the city’s airport.
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The Prez. said there were some from the "Fifi" team there, apparently, "fifi" means "sissy" which these days, one would think that is not being politically correct... the article also says he cancelled an already partially built $13 billion dollar airport in Mexico City.
I think he's doing fairly well so far as "el Presidente de Mexico".
