Mexico’s new president faces staunch divide

Mexicans are expecting the start of major changes when their new president is inaugurated in a few hours.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, often known as AMLO, is promising to clean up corruption and crack down on crime by the drugs cartels.

But his early actions, including cancelling a $13bn airport project, have spooked both the business sector and those who worry he will gather power to himself, rather than relying on Mexico’s institutions.

Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports.

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