Tortilla protesters tell AMLO to please step aside

Organizers of a Mexican march against rising tortilla prices have asked former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to please refrain from appearing at their protest. “The idea is that we concentrate on the general objectives of the march and not on personalities,” said one of the demonstration’s leaders.

The price of tortillas- a staple in the diets of Mexico’s poor- has more than doubled over the past year and government measures to cap the price have been unsuccessful.

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Tags- Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, food, poverty