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01/07/2018 GMT

Mexicans Prepare To Vote In Presidential Elections

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Left wing populist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador remains the frontrunner

Mexicans are preparing to vote in presidential, parliamentary and local elections, after a campaign that has seen the worst violence for decades. Since the start of campaigning in September, more than one-hundred-and-thirty politicians have been killed. The frontrunner for the presidency is the left wing former mayor of Mexico City, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Also on the programme we get a rare glimpse into Rakhine state and the plight of the Rohingya Muslims. And how do the Roma people of Italy feel about the planned census to be taken of them?

(Picture: A billboard advertising presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stands next to the Cuauhtemoc monument. Credit:Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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