AMLO Won't Halt Mexico's $13B Airport -- At Least Not Yet

July 5, 2018

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico’s next president, is no longer seeking an immediate suspension of Mexico City’s new $13 billion airport, according to a member of his economic transition team.

Abel Hibert, who attended a planning meeting with Lopez Obrador and about 100 aides from the transition team on Tuesday evening, said it was clear that there’ll be no immediate demand to President Enrique Pena Nieto to suspend construction of the airport, at least until a review of the contracts.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-04/amlo-turns-pragmatic-on-13-billion-airport-won-t-halt-it-now