Andrés Manuel López Obrador wins Mexican presidential election

Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the 64-year-old founder of the National Regeneration Movement, is the next president of Mexico.

It's estimated that 89 million people voted in Sunday's election, and after exit polls showed López Obrador winning between 43 and 49 percent of the vote, his two top rivals conceded.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.