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Mexico's New President and Changing Political Dynamic

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Mexico’s new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is often referred to as just López Obrador, or AMLO, has for years been a perpetual outsider and critic of the long-standing governing consensus in Mexico. But, he won the country's Presidential Election back in July and is going to officially take office this Saturday, December 1st. This all is happening at what you might call an interesting time when it comes to the US.-Mexico relationship. So, we’re sitting down with Dr. Rick Coughlin, he’s an Associate Professor of Political Science at Florida Gulf Coast University who specializes in Mexican politics.

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Julie Glenn is the host of Gulf Coast Live. She has been working in southwest Florida as a freelance writer since 2007, most recently as a regular columnist for the Naples Daily News. She began her broadcasting career in 1993 as a reporter/anchor/producer for a local CBS affiliate in Quincy, Illinois. After also working for the NBC affiliate, she decided to move to Parma, Italy where she earned her Master’s degree in communication from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. Her undergraduate degree in Mass Communication is from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Mike Kiniry is producer of Gulf Coast Live, and co-creator and host of the WGCU podcast Three Song Stories: Biography Through Music. He first joined the WGCU team in the summer of 2003 as an intern while studying Communication at Florida Gulf Coast University.