This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/04/mexico-president-amlo-wedding-cesar-yanez
The article has changed 3 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 1 | Version 2 |
|---|---|
| 'Frivolity and excess': Mexico's Amlo under fire over aide's lavish wedding | 'Frivolity and excess': Mexico's Amlo under fire over aide's lavish wedding |
| (about 1 month later) | |
| Mexico’s president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador won the election on an agenda of austerity and a promise to slash the pay, perks and privileges of a political class often seen as indifferent to the country’s poor. | Mexico’s president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador won the election on an agenda of austerity and a promise to slash the pay, perks and privileges of a political class often seen as indifferent to the country’s poor. |
| Young, rich and entitled: Mexicans grow weary of their politicians' spoiled kids | Young, rich and entitled: Mexicans grow weary of their politicians' spoiled kids |
| But the leader known as Amlo has been accused of hypocrisy after the cover of society glossy ¡Hola! splashed on photos from his spokesman’s outsized and opulent wedding – an event which the president attended. | But the leader known as Amlo has been accused of hypocrisy after the cover of society glossy ¡Hola! splashed on photos from his spokesman’s outsized and opulent wedding – an event which the president attended. |
| Social media errupted with outrage on Thursday as ¡Hola! released a preview cover portrait of César Yáñez – a long-time Amlo ally – and his wife Dulce Silva. Amlo and his wife, Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, appear less prominently on the cover. | Social media errupted with outrage on Thursday as ¡Hola! released a preview cover portrait of César Yáñez – a long-time Amlo ally – and his wife Dulce Silva. Amlo and his wife, Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, appear less prominently on the cover. |
| Photos from the wedding were shared on social media and revealed a menu including lobster tails and filet mignon, a performance by famed cumbia band Los Ángeles Azules and the presence of more than 500 guests. | Photos from the wedding were shared on social media and revealed a menu including lobster tails and filet mignon, a performance by famed cumbia band Los Ángeles Azules and the presence of more than 500 guests. |
| Much of the criticism focused on Amlo, whose 2006 campaign promised to put “the poor first” and who often attacks his opponents as “fifis” – or snobs. | Much of the criticism focused on Amlo, whose 2006 campaign promised to put “the poor first” and who often attacks his opponents as “fifis” – or snobs. |
| Viridiana Ríos, a political analyst, tweeted: “They’re starting to do what they criticized for years. It’s a demonstration that they want to become the previous political class.” | Viridiana Ríos, a political analyst, tweeted: “They’re starting to do what they criticized for years. It’s a demonstration that they want to become the previous political class.” |
| Supporters defended the wedding as a private affair, which was organised without public money. But critics were not convinced. | Supporters defended the wedding as a private affair, which was organised without public money. But critics were not convinced. |
| “They don’t get that the population is fed up with this excess of frivolity and exhibitionism, although public funds weren’t used,” tweeted journalist Jenaro Villamil. | “They don’t get that the population is fed up with this excess of frivolity and exhibitionism, although public funds weren’t used,” tweeted journalist Jenaro Villamil. |
| Mexico’s society pages often display the lavish and questionable taste of the newly rich. Unlike the country’s population, the people shown are overwhelmingly white. | Mexico’s society pages often display the lavish and questionable taste of the newly rich. Unlike the country’s population, the people shown are overwhelmingly white. |
| Outgoing president Enrique Peña Nieto and his family often appeared in puff pieces and photo shoots. One such feature prompted a national scandal when Peña Nieto’s wife, Angelica Rivera, opened the doors of her $7m mansion to ¡Hola! Investigative reporters followed up and found the property was purchased from a government contractor. | Outgoing president Enrique Peña Nieto and his family often appeared in puff pieces and photo shoots. One such feature prompted a national scandal when Peña Nieto’s wife, Angelica Rivera, opened the doors of her $7m mansion to ¡Hola! Investigative reporters followed up and found the property was purchased from a government contractor. |
| Amlo, who has railed for years against the limousine lifestyles of Mexico’s political class has made personal austerity his calling card, promising to take a 60% pay cut and sell the presidential plane. | Amlo, who has railed for years against the limousine lifestyles of Mexico’s political class has made personal austerity his calling card, promising to take a 60% pay cut and sell the presidential plane. |
| “You can’t have a rich government and poor people,” he often said on the stump. | “You can’t have a rich government and poor people,” he often said on the stump. |
| Mexico | Mexico |
| Andrés Manuel López Obrador | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| Americas | Americas |
| news | news |
| Share on Facebook | Share on Facebook |
| Share on Twitter | Share on Twitter |
| Share via Email | Share via Email |
| Share on LinkedIn | Share on LinkedIn |
| Share on Pinterest | Share on Pinterest |
| Share on WhatsApp | Share on WhatsApp |
| Share on Messenger | Share on Messenger |
| Reuse this content | Reuse this content |