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    Mexico's Manuel Lopez Obrador, who takes office Saturday, vows national transformation

    by Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times Nov 30, 2018 6 minutes

    MEXICO CITY - Mexico will embark on an era of high expectations and profound uncertainty Saturday under the leadership of one of the country's most enigmatic political figures - Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

    Lopez Obrador, who rode populist rhetoric and a vow of a national transformation to a landslide election in July's balloting, is set to begin a six-year term as Mexico's 57th president.

    The inauguration will mark the stunning revival of a twice-defeated presidential aspirant who ran under the leftist banner of his own party - and who represents a stark departure from Mexico's recent run of mostly drab, technocratic leaders.

    "I am not going to be a flower pot, I'm not an adornment," the silver-haired president-elect, who turned 65 this month, warned in a recent YouTube message. "I have a mandate. ... The Mexican people want an end to corruption and impunity."

    Despite his overwhelming electoral victory, Lopez Obrador remains a divisive figure:

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