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Mexico’s popular President gambles on reopening

EXICO FACES MORE than its share of threats these days. The human and economic toll of the country’s coronavirus crisis is rising. Low oil prices have cut deeply into its oil exports, a crucial source of government revenue. Criminal gangs continue their spree of violence across the country. So why is Mexico’s President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador,

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