Corruption Amlo has repeatedly pledged to make eradicating corruption the main focus of his presidency, once he is sworn in on 1 December. “We will get rid of ... this cancer, that is destroying this country,” he vowed at his final campaign rally.

Poverty “We will give priority to the most humble and to the forgotten,” Amlo said on election night, and it is thought that he will make fighting poverty a flagship policy, as the former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva did after his historic 2002 election win.

Drugs Analysts expect Amlo to pursue a less aggressive and less militarised approach to Mexico’s "war on drugs", which has claimed an estimated 200,000 lives and is widely viewed as having been a calamity. He has proposed an amnesty designed to help low-level outlaws turn away from a life of crime and raised the possibility of legalising the use of marijuana.

Government austerity Amlo has unveiled plans to slash taxpayer-funded perks for high-level government officials. The official presidential residence will become a cultural centre, the presidential plane will be sold and former presidents will no longer receive pensions, he has said. He has cut his own future presidential salary to less than half of what his immediate predecessor made.

US relations On the campaign trail Amlo railed against what he called Donald Trump’s arrogant, racist and inhumane family separation policy. But he has since struck a more diplomatic tone and said he emphasised the need for mutual respect and cooperation during a phone call with Trump the morning after his election win.