Lopez Obrador gains a vote

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Mexico’s losing presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador got a new supporter early Tuesday: Jose Maria Lopez Muller.

Lopez Obrador’s newest son was born to Beatriz Gutierrez Muller, a 38-year-old journalist who married Lopez Obrador last fall. She’d said in an interview last year that she hoped the 53-year-old former Mexico City mayor would lose the election, rather than sacrifice their personal lives on behalf of the country.

She got her wish. And angry Lopez Obrador followers took over Mexico City’s main boulevard for weeks in protest after he narrowly lost last July’s election. Lopez Obrador, who was widowed with three sons, had promised more help to the poor.

Posted by Sam Enriquez in Mexico City