Memorabilia including hats and dolls reflect popularity of Mexico's president ahead of June election

Souvenirs bearing the image of 70-year-old Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sell like T-shirts at a Taylor Swift concert

Souvenirs bearing the image of 70-year-old Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sell like T-shirts at a Taylor Swift concert. Just outside of Mexico’s presidential palace, throngs of mostly Mexicans crowd around a booth selling plush talking dolls, earrings, plastic sandals, stickers, hats, mugs, lighters and even coloring books plastered with the face of the highly popular leader.

That’s a sharp contrast from previous governments, with his predecessor ending his term with barely 20% approval after waves of corruption scandals. “He’s been able to connect with the working class that felt tossed to the side,' Pérez Ricart said. “He speaks like them, he looks like them, and that’s won him a lot of legitimacy.

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