Mexico’s financial markets have registered calm in the aftermath of the victory by leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, despite some earlier predictions that economic disruption might occur.

Is it possible that Mexico’s next president can forge a good relationship with Donald Trump despite the pair’s diverging ideological positions on most matters?

Barely five years after its affiliation as an official party, Morena (Movimiento Regeneración Nacional) has become Mexico’s dominant political force.

“I won’t let you down. I won’t let you down,” Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador yelled into a microphone as thousands of his supporters packed Mexico City’s giant Zocalo square to celebrate the veteran politician’s landslide victory in Sunday’s presidential election.

Last year, the federal legislature moved the country closer to legalization of medical marijuana. 

Citizens are getting a three-day respite from the incessant campaigning in the run-up to Sunday’s presidential elections.