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José Ramón López spills the beans

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José Ramón López Beltrán, President López Obrador's son - Photo: Luis Cortés/EL UNIVERSAL
24/02/2019 |17:11
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José Ramón López spills the beans

José Ramón López Beltrán, President López Obrador's son

, will travel to Washington D.C . next month. But he's not traveling there for a shopping spree, no at all. The President's eldest son will be a speaker at the Electoral Campaign Strategies in Modern Times Seminar that will take place at The George Washington University, where, along with other renown analysts and political strategists , he will share “the t heoretical tools and practical examples ” used during his father's campaigns , as the University's Facebook page claims. If you want to attend the seminar you'll have to pay USD $1,880 and this fee doesn't include plane tickets or a hotel stay.

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