The Latest on the inauguration of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (all times local):
11:20 a.m.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been sworn in as the first leftist president in Mexico in over 70 years. Lopez Obrador took the oath of office at Mexico's Congress, in a ceremony attended by Vice President Mike Pence, leaders from Latin America and British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Lopez Obrador pledged "a peaceful and orderly transition, but one that is deep and radical."
Lopez Obrador's inauguration marks a turning point in one of the world's most radical experiments in opening markets and privatization.
10:10 a.m.
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is getting an especially warm welcome at the inauguration of Mexico's new leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Corbyn was among a few people hosted by Lopez Obrador at his home in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas the day before the inauguration.
He's also attending the inaugural ceremony at Mexico's Congress on Saturday.
Corbyn is a veteran socialist whose wife is from Mexico.
A Labour Party statement issued from London said the new president "faces huge challenges in his mission of transforming Mexico, but Jeremy hopes his election will offer Mexico's poor and powerless a real voice and a break with the failures and injustices of the past."
It adds that the new president "has shown that a progressive agenda for change can win power and take on the status quo."
The party statement, however, botched the new president's name, referring to him only by his maternal surname - calling him President Obrador instead of Lopez Obrador.
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9:50 a.m.
One of the first official acts of the administration of Mexico's new president has been to throw open the gates of the secretive, sprawling presidential residence located in a corner of Mexico City's largest park.
Incoming President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he won't live there and will use it as a cultural center instead.
Only a few people showed up Saturday in the hours before the opening of the Los Pinos compound, which has been closed to the public since the first parts were built in the 1930s.
Among them was retired secretary Gabriela Barrientos, a Lopez Obrador supporter. She says, "This is a day that will never come again."
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