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Would moving government offices out of Mexico City solve its overcrowding problem?

by Jorge Valencia

Nov 30, 2018

The country’s incoming president has a plan to reduce congestion by moving government offices out of the capital.

Mexico's incoming President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has promised to move federal offices out of the capital, and longer commutes are on the horizon.

Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images

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