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Mexico’s president still refusing to recognize Biden as election winner

By Andrew Mark Miller
Published November 27, 2020 3:49pm ET
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Mexico’s president still refusing to recognize Biden as election winner
Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks to reporters after meeting with Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto at the National Palace in Mexico City, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. The president-elect met with the current leader to discuss his transition to office in December, aiming to ensure an orderly transfer of power after a heated and polarizing campaign. | (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of Mexico has declined to recognize Joe Biden as president-elect of the United States.

“We do not agree with offering congratulations in advance,” Lopez Obrador told reporters on Wednesday as President Trump continues his legal challenges of the presidential election results. “What’s the best thing? For us to wait.”

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