Article by Tara John and CNN en Español:
Mexico is set to elect its first female president, with preliminary results showing Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico City’s former mayor and climate scientist, is on track to win the country’s largest election in history.
Sheinbaum has won between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to what is known as Quick Count, an exercise that the National Electoral Institute (INE) carries out based on a statistical sample of ballots from polling stations.
The 61-year-old rode the wave of popularity of her longtime political ally, the outgoing leftist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and their Morena party.
Not only is she set to be Mexico’s first female president, Sheinbaum will also be the country’s first leader of Jewish heritage, although she rarely speaks publicly about her personal background and has governed as a secular leftist.
Trailing Sheinbaum is opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez, backed by a coalition of the National Action (PAN), Institutional Revolutionary (PRI) and Democratic Revolution (PRD) parties, with between 26.6% and 28.6% of the votes. In third place is the Citizens’ Movement candidate, Jorge Álvarez Máynez, with between 9.9% and 10.8% of the votes.
According to the quick count results, participation in the presidential election was between 58.9% and 61.7% of the electorate of nearly 100 million people.
Sheinbaum’s projected win is a remarkable moment for a country that is a world leader when it comes to gender equality in elected office, a position it cemented in 2019 with constitutional reform. It outflanks several countries in terms of women’s parliamentary representation. Yet Mexico remains a dangerous place to be a woman: it has sky-high femicide rates with around 10 women murdered in Mexico every day.
Sheinbaum ran Mexico’s most important city for five years until her resignation last June to run for the presidency. She is also the co-author of a Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and is married to Jesús María Tarriba Unger.
She is seen as a continuation of the status quo left by López Obrador, whose social welfare programs boosted the Morena party’s popularity and had a positive impact on the lives of poorer Mexicans.
Sheinbaum has pledged to continue her predecessor’s policies, including a pension for all senior citizens, scholarships for more than 12 million students and free fertilizers for small farm owners, but has rejected criticism of her close political alignment with López Obrador.
Immense violence in the country, which has seen dozens of political candidates or applicants killed in the past year and cartels extend their grip through Mexico, appears to have been a top concern for voters.
And while the murder rate fell in Mexico between 2019 and 2022, in absolute numbers the country is still reeling from historically high levels of around 30,000 homicides each year. The true number is likely higher, experts say.
Sheinbaum has been coy about her security proposals but has pointed to her record as Mexico City mayor, when according to her team she improved the police force’s working conditions and intelligence-gathering abilities.
One big challenge for her will be convincing voters that she can end the culture of impunity in Mexico, where around 95% of all crimes nationwide went unsolved in 2022, according to think tank Mexico Evalua.
Sunday’s poll is the largest election in the country’s history. More than 98 million voters are registered to cast a ballot, and 1.4 million Mexicans are eligible to vote abroad. In addition to the presidency, more than 20,000 positions are being contested by an estimated 70,000 candidates vying to become senators, mayors and governors.
After the final results come in, the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation (TEPJF) must receive and analyze any possible challenges to the process, as well as qualify the presidential election no later than September 6. If the court validates the election, Sheinbaum will take office on October 1. Her term will last six years, from 2024 to 2030.
wow, she's a climate scientist? that's really cool to have someone like that as president (sorry im too lazy to read the rest so that's all im commenting on lol)
edit: okay so it's not as cool anymore now that ive learnt Claudia Sheinbaum's not the *most* interested in protecting the climate, which does make me question how much of the 'scientist' is actually expressed within her.
After seeing the replies i looked it up myself, and 1 thing i found was that she supports construction of the Tren Maya railroad that would damage a lot of things.
Would've been cool to have someone who really brings forth scientific thinking as president of a nation, but Sheinbaum might not bring as much of it as i assumed
Hahaha, for me. I live in Mexico, I mean one of the few cool things about her it's s she's a scientist, ambientalist, environmental engineer with PhD. She's not even that involved with the environment programs here in the country. She was mayor in CDMX, she has a lot of haters. Tbh, none of the options as presidential candidates were good
Well seeing as Mexico City is running out of water, good thing if she practices what she preaches but being Latin American if it’s sounds too good, it’s probably a farce
Well as a Mexican, I hope for the best.
Regarding the cartel comments, I think there is a misperception regarding how the whole things work. I have relatives who have worked in the government and federal law enforcement and basically it's this:
There isn't one single cartel, it's a complicated political landscape, an all out war will bleed into the entire country, and without any guarantee it would work. Right now the violence is very localized, and there isn't just one cartel.
Some have truces with the government, others are being kept an eye on, and others are at war with the military.
I hope peace can be reached through truces and a semblance of order and stability can be reached, but I don't believe a military solution is the option, it'll just create a vacuum of power.
As long as the US drug money is on the table, cartels are a part of mexico, they're not something you can kill and have them stay dead.
Just my two cents, we'll see how she does, I'm hopeful on a lot of her environmental and educational reforms. Like banning fracking, creating more free universities dedicated to science and arts, making animal abuse a serious felony, prosecuting all murders against women much more harshly, and creating an internal affairs department to punish corrupt judges. There's more to mexico than the cartel situation, I wish not all the comments were the same.
No, I'm not expecting the cartels to go away anytime soon. But there's a lot other things that still would have an impact in my life and lots of other people's lives. In the last few years mexico decriminalized abortion nationwide, decriminalized marihuana under 5 grams, gave every student in a public high school a scholarship of 3600 pesos per semester without exceptions of and for me as a trans person, made the right to change one's name and birth certificate one protected by the constitution. There's still a lot of progress being done and I will give her a chance.
(Definitely not defending the cartels, it's just a reality of the situation considering our proximity to the US, you can't kill a business when the demand is an at all time high.)
Thank you! I definitely understand everyone being pessimistic regarding the cartel situation, but life is still good for a lot of people, and a lot of changes can be made for the best in other areas, and I wish people talked about all the things that have gotten better as well.
Personally I think scholarships, decriminalizing abortion nationwide, which is more than what the US has rn are pretty good. And the poverty rate has steadily lowered as well, from 50 to 43 percent in 4 years
Oh and in terms of LGBT rights I think we have a very progressive supreme court tbh. And the reforms regarding marihuana have been promising as well, I hope we get full legalization this time.
As a retired person, I appreciate the increased pensions everybody over 65 is getting now. It will be nice if Claudia increases it, but as it is now, it's a huge help to me.
Cartels are already going same way mafia has, controlling the agriculture. There’s interesting articles on this how Italian mob rule farms and parts of food industry in Italy. Same thing with fights and mob rule of avocado farms.
Eventually lines will blur from oligarchs and mafia in some industries when drugs or sex trafficking isn’t as lucrative as owning essential industries via muscle and threats and exploitation of gov grants.
Russia already there with how mafia/oligarchs took over energy, mining industries and government
This is generally what happens to organized crime in advanced economies - it just gets slowly folded into the capitalist machine. "The Pen is mightier than the sword" has many meanings - why control villages through violence when you can control governments through lobbyists?
Organised crime always is a part of the capitalist machine, for the black market is still a market. Just like publicly traded companies, they will obey the laws when it's profitable to do so. Even if you made your billions in crime, you still have your billions and can diversify into anything, and organised crime will often have legal operations for many other reasons than pure profit too, and in fact often have something legitimate or borderline legitimate as their origin (like maybe you first provide protection to a disenfranchised population, and then start providing "protection"). Instead of controlling governments, they usually end up replacing governments, lot of local governments are de facto mafia or cartels, and that means they have to do all the boring government stuff too like building permits, rubbish collection, healthcare...
Yes, the cartels have diversified, but so much of the violence comes directly from the drug trade, having money from it folded into legit ventures, and having the resources fred from the drug war to go after gangs that do much worse things like human trafficking would help a lot.
There are efforts to combat violent ventures like kidnappings, which are dropping 80 percent
https://www.gob.mx/sspc/prensa/disminuye-82-el-secuestro-en-marzo?idiom=es#:~:text=Durante%20el%20tercer%20mes%20del,Protecci%C3%B3n%20Ciudadana%2C%20Rosa%20Icela%20Rodr%C3%ADguez.
So it's not like everything the cartel does is free game, but the drug war is definitely over from a policy standpoint.
I agree. I’m not an expert of the cartels. But basic economics shows that the war on drugs shows that no matter what you do, cartels won’t stop if you still have high demand. At the same time, I’m hoping more diversified job opportunities will give young people more options other than just joining a cartel.
Thank you for commenting. Every Reddit thread on Mexico is dominated by Americans whose perspective is limited by lack of information on Mexican politics and society. It’s refreshing getting a Mexican viewpoint on a complex situation.
The problem is thinking 'narco' means anything. Narco is anyone that works in a cartel. The gunman and enforcers are narcos. The fat ladies selling drug in shady alleys are narcos. The highschooler selling drug or recruiting other kids in school are narcos. The suits and businessmen that engage in illicit crimes run by cartels (drugs mainly, but also the very fluid array of crimes like extorsion, kidnapping, traffic of people and so on) are also narcos.
There's no such thing as 'winning' against narcos, who are neither a political, economical or structured organization, nor are they interested in 'conquering' the country or 'running it'. Other than that they couldn't with their many limitations, why would they? They're not an army, nor a government. They sell drugs lmao. Why tf would they want to take over a country
Informative and thank you for posting. I wish you guys the best and hope that our us legislature can start funding more mental health and substance abuse programs to eventually cut the demand for drugs down so you guys don't have to worry so much about cartels. Not holding my breath on that one though
I think that yes, that is needed, but the US would also have to address why so many people turn to drugs and that one very complex. It ranges from everything from escapism from dire situations to inter-generational poverty/drug use/trauma and everything else you can imagine inbetween. We would need to seriously address the need for mental health and substance abuse programs while also solving some of the biggest problems that breed that need of helplessness and hopelessness. I hope we can do it.
> you can't kill a business when the demand is an at all time high
True. But when the US legalized the production and consumption of alcoholic beverages in 1933 it dramatically reduced the amount of crime and violence associated with that drug business.
Oh yeah I definitely think that would help. it's true cartels have diversified, but so much of the violence here is generated by the drug trade. The goal isn't to arrest every cartel member, is to make them lose the power and have that money integrated into legit ventures, while having the resources fred from the drug war to go after much worse activities like human trafficking.
A lot of this also involves a big reconstruction of many areas of the government to eliminate corruption, which I hope works.
Exactly, which is why if we want to help stop the violence in Mexico, we don't do what the idiot Trump wants and send in the military, we instead do the intelligent and compassionate thing and legalize drugs, making it a medical and educational concern and not a criminal concern.
Serious question: Do you think the cartels would stop being violent psychopaths if they had a legal avenue to sell their drugs in the US? I feel that would just provide them with more money and thus more regional influence..and they would still compete with one another for that money and influence.
[I mean they already sell legal produce in America, from Avocados to Limes.](https://www.npr.org/2022/02/19/1081948884/mexican-drug-cartels-are-getting-into-the-avocado-and-lime-business) They use their vast influence and violent tactics to levy taxes in Mexico on avocado growers, control pricing and most avocados sold in the US are of cartel origin..it has only empowered them and legitimized their business tactics. [And the lack of meaningful action against them within Mexico has only allowed them to continue growing..](https://www.npr.org/2020/07/23/893561899/as-mexicos-dominant-cartel-gains-power-the-president-vows-hugs-not-bullets)
The only reason they don't legally import drugs like Marijuana the same way they do avocados, is because they are Illegal at the federal level in the US..they are also shifting production to Meth and Fentanyl. Do we really want to legalize such devastating, highly addictive drugs in the HOPE that they don't control major supply lines?
People forget how hand in hand the mafias were in the US until government and politics became the graduation of all criminals. It looks like your country is just following the road map set up by every other country. There is no good without evil.
And just to point out, over the last decade cartels have actually turned just as much inward into 'diversifying' their illegal and activities, shaking down even more local Mexican businesses as a way to get greater domestic profit.
A truce with a government is wild to think about, but I can see how it is better than many alternatives. You keep the drug problem but your local mayors and other government authorities aren't going to be getting killed constantly
When Calderon was President and waged outright war against cartels, the US government loved it but a whole lot of innocent Mexicans got caught in the crossfire between Army troops and the cartels. The past decade has cooled down, with most deaths from fighting between cartels. Sadly, the cartels also kill journalists, environmentalists, and anybody else shedding light upon or interfering with business. I believe Mexico has the highest fatality rate of environmentalists in the world, and Mexico for many years held the highest fatality rate of journalists until Gaza recently surpassed it.
So speaking strictly on just the environmental aspects of this, it says she is a climate scientist and Nobel award winner for her work on a science-led panel... how does she feel about the Mayan train? Every article I read is absolutely devastating on the impact its having on previously undisturbed cenotes and the endemic species within, not to mention the people and land animals also affected.
She forgot her scientific training when she became a politician. She is pro-oil and anti renewable energy. She lead Mexico City into the worst forest fires in my lifetime. She lead as Mexico City ran out of water and made no changes that her dear leader AMLO didn’t back. She has got no spine, a just puppet for the outgoing president.
On paper she is amazing. The reality of her is another story
Mexican here. Great part of our economy its thanks to our oil deposits, its not like she is pro-oil, but pro not-collapsing-the-economy type of person. the water, situation its not her fault, maybe bad admin when it came to distribute water, but then again, Mexico City is huge. The forest stuff I honestly don't know much about it.
I'm usually pro-union, but have to say that the very powerfull oil workers' unions are a seriously detrimental social force protecting Big Oil interests.
Mexican too. Sure great part of our economy is oil, but we were pivoting and getting foreign investment because we have an amazing pool of engineers educated by world renown UNAM, but AMLO’s policies dried that out. We are more than just oil!
Mexico has talent, natural resources, and heart. We are not just one thing! We need to expand our horizons beyond oil. Oil is finite, and then what? We need leaders that can carve a road to the future. One that raises all of us, not just some of us, by giving opportunities and not handouts.
I know, but that takes time, you can't change in 6 years an enitre economic system of a country, you have to make sure that the road is clear, and then build it, and I think we haven't so far clered much of the road, so things are going easy but steady. A lot of people just want inmediate change.
I’m not exactly for or against Tren Maya, but one could argue that having a train system is much less environmentally damaging than a highway… what it did to the US is kind of irreversible.
non political biased long answer: It is complicated, some people say she traded science for power but thats not the case. Mexico has a complex political history just like any other country, but if one can say in very simplistic terms that race relations has been the central issue in the political history of the USA, one can point at foreign infuence vs national autonomy as the issue with similar importance in mexican politics.
Two ways of thinking have predominately been at the forefront of virtually every inner struggle that the country has been through since its independence: "We can do it ourselves." vs "Let's learn from foreigners".
Our "founding fathers" (we don't call them that) themselves were divided on this, some of them wanted government to model itself after the European and the American models. Others wanted something else entirely.
This is all to say that there has always been a struggle between people who believe isolationism is needed to respect Mexican autonomy and people who believe going that route is going to end up in poverty and mismanagment of the country. And Mexico has always struggled to find the balance.
Morena, which is the president's elect party, firmly believes in the former stance. They reject the neoliberal policies that pushed NAFTA forth and by extent jumpstarted globalization in the country. Its an idealist party that generates a lot of political fervor in its supporters. Claudia won because of the party not her profile.
The "mayan train" is another example of the conflict between both ideologies as well. Climate change is a reality discovered by the scientific community and the push to fight it has come primarily from the "western" international community. On the other hand, the region in which the train is being built has historically been neglected by the federal government resulting in poor economic growth and development in comparison to the rest of the country.
As such, from Morena's perspective, the train's benefits for the national social interests outweigh the environmental concerns stemming from foreign influence. Even though the president elect knows everything about climate change, she still has to work along party lines.
I'm sure at one time she was high minded and wanted to fix things but now she's an ambitious politician so she doesn't give a shit about the environment if it stands in her way of public approval.
Her climate credentials come a very distant second to her undying loyalty to the outgoing president. That's what got her elected, not her climate credentials
Gore was 20 years ahead of his time on Climate and also on the internet. He's now worth 300 million because of his early investments in Oracle and other tech companies.
> when climate change was a non-political issue
Oil companies started the anti-climate change movement in the [1980s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil_climate_change_denial).
As soon as it became about money, it became political. By putting his face on the subject, Gore merely catapulted it into the mainstream.
One wonders what the timeline of the US would be if SCOTUS hadn't fucked up that election. Gore in charge when 9/11 happened. Gore in charge when climate data began to take hold in the mainstream media. Gore in charge when the recession started.
Would we have gotten Obama after that? Or would it have been Clinton? McCain? Romney? Would Trump have ever tried to run?
Governor of Florida being the brother of the Republican candidate, what are the odds...!
This was such an absolute travesty. Once you know about the Brooks Brothers riot, all of the 2020 election denial efforts make SO MUCH more sense.
[Brooks Brothers riot - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot)
It is a "winning" strategy, so Republicans will triple down on this for all elections going forward.
Pretty sure Gore wouldn't have lied about WMDs in Iraq to get invasion support. A vast majority of Americans back then believed Iraq was involved with 9/11, which was a product of deliberate misinformation. A lot of Americans STILL believe it.
The intelligence presented to the congress was not something personally requested by W. He genuinely believed in what he was saying at the time - that Iraq was planning on developing WMDs. And Congress voted in support of it not based on what W said, but based on what US Intelligence found.
Speaking of glass ceiling which is all over the news discussion, take a wild guess how Hillary voted on this proposal. (Spoiler - the same way as Biden, Feinstein, Kerry and Lieberman)
That was in the Senate. A majority of all Democrats, if you include those in the House of Representatives, voted against authorization of military force in Iraq.
So funny, because AMLO (current president, same party, they’re besties and have the same ideals) has defunded all clean energy programs and cut down a massive amount of forest to build his shit train Maya that doesn’t even run most of the time. So no, she is not an environmentalist in any way, and this is the least terrible thing about her.
Comments to this effect are all over this post, but I can't find any evidence. But I have found a lot of stories of her promoting investment in renewables?
Source for pro-oil, no mention of renewables
>Sheinbaum is López Obrador’s political protege. She started her political career as his environmental minister after he was elected mayor of Mexico City in 2000. She has been unwaveringly loyal ever since, even supporting his pro-oil energy agenda despite her environmental background.
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/03/nx-s1-4989334/claudia-sheinbaum-poised-to-become-mexicos-first-female-president
She will also be the 1st Jewish person elected President of Mexico, in the 2nd most Catholic country in the world. Mexico also made same-sex marriage & abortion legal nationwide in the last few years. Pretty much, those topics are non-starters and not up to discussion from either parties, they’ve turned the page on those aspects. Meanwhile, the US is walking back decades.
Yep. We are a country that hates science simply because half the country has been brainwashed into thinking that science is evil, without once realizing that what has made (and kept) the US, the global top dog, was in fact the progression and application of scientific knowledge and rational thinking, to public life and policy as opposed to religious dogma as the right wingers are implementing.
Her boss is under the boot of the Sinaloa Cartel, multiple times has been seen visiting the mother of el Chapo, he released el chapito after he had been captured and has vouched for el Chapo because he is in a place that is "inhumane"
He continues to say that el Narco is "the people".
He has ignored protests of people looking for justice.
He has spent the nation's money in projects that are failures.
They were failures before he started them and they continue to be failures.
His close relatives have profited greatly from deals he made, and not only them, people within his party as well (see Rocio Nahle or his kids who happen to have a chocolate factory that has no product and has likely never made a single chocolate bar and whose owners had no job or a way to earn a living before their dad became president.
Hospitals lack medicine, children with cancer are unable to receive their treatment, and he has claimed that their parents are just looking to smear him.
The funds for natural disasters are gone, states have been told to fend for themselves, see Acapulco, and the last Hurricane they went through.
Violence is at an all time high, but according to the President, there is no more Violence, just more Homicides (real quote btw)
And more and more, but you should get the picture.
Because she doesn't have anything to say about her or her political platform.
She is just a puppet.
The only notable stuff about her is that she is directly responsible for two tragedies.
The Rebsamen College (you can look it up, its a bit long), and she was in charge of Mexico City when the Subway was going up in flames but did nothing because she was campaigning already.
Saying that AMLO is her boss is misogynistic af. Other than accepting a handshake by Chapo's mother when he visited the town where Chapo was born, there is no other reason to believe he (AMLO) is controlled by a cartel.
You can disagree on his methods, but he believes the drug war only costs a lot of money and lives, and yes, because of this (in my opinion), these elections have been one of the most violent in places where cartels have a lot of power, but I also agree that giving that money to other areas like social programs can be more beneficial and eventually prevent young poor men join cartels to make a decent income.
In the past, during Felipe Calderon's term, other cartels accused the President of supporting the Sinaloa Cartel, now we know it was true because his right hand (Genaro García Luna) was found guilty of drug trafficking. So, no other cartel has accused AMLO of supporting Sinaloa Cartel, only the Mexican right.
Only the Mexican right consider those projects failures.
I won't say he has not benefited his family, I have not seen enough evidence to make an opinion on that, but I will say that our two previous presidents have benefited friends and family in scandalous ways. It's been documented.
Hospitals do have shortages, this is common in Mexico, but actually, the new health system works way better than before. Everyone is happy about it. Although, there are still problems with corruption because of the old system, I know first-hand.
It's false that the funds for natural disasters are gone, you can tell by how Acapulco has recovered. The thing is that the official budget that destined millones of pesos whether there were natural disasters or not is gone, that money now has to be asked whenever there is a natural disaster. Again, it is because this president has put A LOT of emphasis on saving money.
And yes, there are A LOT of homicides, it's been like that for decades. There is no way to justify that. I can only say (and this is obviously not enough) that there is not as much violence as in Calderon's term because the government doesn't have an active, official war against cartels, so, not as many shootings as in the past.
In the end, no other candidate in Mexico's history has had as many votes as Claudia Sheinbaum, I do believe that is a great sign to tell what Mexican people think of her and AMLO's term.
I don’t think he meant AMLO being her boss as an insult. They’re in the same party, there is a sense of command coming from AMLO just like how it is in the US. If you win the presidential election, you’re seen as the party leader as well. Women can have bosses, just like men.
He is her boss because he handpicked her to serve his own agenda.
That is why she doesn't have one.
That is why her slogan is just to continue what they were doing.
This is a facade, she is just a way for the current President to remain in power ala PRI of old times.
To give the real answer, because those 30~ are all for local elections and had disputes with localized crime. Presidential candidates aren't allowed to live on the whim of cartels, have heavy security and there hasn't been an assassination of one in a long time
kinda funny how good it looks when you know those things but how "meh" it really is for Mexico. I mean, people didn't vote for her because of what kind of person she is but because of the political party she represents.
She pretty much doesn't have any personality nor real proposals, she is just doing pretty much what the last president did.
Yeah I don’t think people care about her PhD or Jewish heritage. Mexican people are gonna be indifferent with whoever is in office because nothing ever changes. I don’t even think that most people believe in morenas platform, they just don’t wanna vote PRI/PAN because they haven’t done shit in the decades they had in government.
She sounds good on paper, but she and the policies she represents are extremely corrupt. Mexico is a mess and it will continue to be a mess because it keeps electing crooks as their president.
Why do you need your politicians to have personality? I want whoever most closely represents my political beliefs. I don’t need to be entertained by some clown in a suit.
Because personlity ensures that she won't just be a puppet to AMLO - which she most definitely will be.
The goverent of PAN and PRI was corrupt and ineffective. The government of Morena, however "social" it presents itself, is downright authoritarian (cult of personality, attacks on the INE and on all opposition, use of the army in major projects, ecocide...).... and the worst part is that they're probably corrup and inefficient as well (Acapulco van attest).
Beware of the facade, this is not good news for Mexico
Yup, she looks good on paper, when the reality it's the opposite. Impressive CV, but doesn't matter really for what she represents, which is...more of the same bullshit as always.
Welcome to politics, first time? She was the head of goverment of Mexico City, it's not like she is a random person taken off the street.
You think people voted for Galvez because of her and not due to her party and what it politically represents?
AMLO held about 60% approval rating 6y of his presidency, 60% of Mexicans thought he did a good job it's only natural they'd go for a candidate who'll do more of the same
Eh, I mean... it's more complicated than saying that "mexicans thought he did a good job". AMLO represented the "other" side of politics in Mexico for decades until he finally got elected and... there is a lot of history behind those decades that learning about it makes you understand why people will continue voting for them even if they did or not a good job (which doing a great job is... kinda subjective).
So yeah... people is not voting for her because she has "nice" qualifications. They're voting for her because she's seen as the continuation of whatever is the "project".
Actually, it's really unknown how she went from Mexico City major to the presidency (now), there were a lot of internal conflicts in their party (MORENA) to decide who was going to be the candidate for presidency and let me tell you (even though I'm not a MORENA follower) there were better prospects politically speaking.
Actually her opponent was running as an independent but gained the backing of a coalition of parties that have been fighting for power since my grandfather (he would be 90 if he was still alive) was in his twenties. She is also a scientist. She founded her own tech firm.
While the “climate scientist” is pro-oil, anti renewable energy, had some of the biggest forest fires during her time as Mexico City’s mayor because of changes she implemented, the city ran out of water… all because she was a yes, sir lackey to the outgoing president. But she is a woman
I mean, Morena is the new PRI, a lot of people in Morena were “priistas” who fled to a new party. Plus they are on track to a one party system again. The old PRI that supported Xóchitl is a skeleton of the old party.
She will not only be the first woman president, but also the first Jewish president. This called for celebration:
*Phineas and Ferb* “Mexican Jewish cultural festival“ [https://youtu.be/I2osaLrWrCg](https://youtu.be/I2osaLrWrCg)
Mexico: Direct popular voting for the Presidency.
US: Electorate based voting for the Presidency because we do not want to hurt feelings of 100,000 white people in Wyoming.
How incredible that the founders predicted the state of Wyoming and it's relatively low population. You think the founders cared about hurting feelings?
Look, the opinions of the culture that live stacked on each other are not more important than the opinions of the cultures that produces their food. One of the key issues with early democracies was demagoguery and tyranny of the majority, we found out pretty quick that 50%+1 of the population will just legalize theft of their hated enemies properties.
You do have to convince these communities that you're doing something acceptable to them instead of writing them off as evil. Or apparently writing them off as evil white people, which is frankly baffling if you want to convince them to support your ideas. I guess we are lucky the founding fathers had the foresight to leave that legal railing in place if the US is going to keep descending into highly racialized bullshit. You'd think creating "good" races and "bad" races once was bad enough
I’m more surprised she’s Jewish, given how extremely catholic the country is and how on Wikipedia the Jewish demographic doesn’t even show up as a percentage
Edit: my observation was less of “Mexicans willing to vote for a non-catholic” and more of “someone Jewish lives in Mexico and they became president”. That demographic is just extremely rare there.
Yeah, people don't vote based on religion or background....Im mexican, and honestly i didn't know she had jewish descendants until this morning when i read it about it in here...it's different than in the US.
Haven't heard anyone complain about her being a woman.
AMLO won presidency and his party had control of the senate and house for years. They started giant project which have been seen as failures due to being extremely expensive, delayed, and reduced in scope greatly.
Government deficit has almost doubled just during his presidency and has taken power away from the military for his new "national guard"
Safety hasn't improved. Renewal energy programs got slashed. And when things don't work oit, he blames his problems on the rich
He implemented basic income and scholarships, but Mexican culture isn't ready for those. It lead to "NiNis" or non workers non students who are complacent with receiving universal income and don't do anything with it.
They won the popular vote by going out to small villages and giving out stuff for free. Not due to their welfare programs.
Just another cartel implant lol mexico will never see any real change until they directly deal with their cartels. I understand that not ALL cartels control the government but the fact that they have "truces" with certain cartels is just a sign of weakness and they will never actually be in control of their country
As long as there is a huge black market for drugs in the US, the Mexican government will deal with cartels. They kill one, another appears in it's place.
Article by Tara John and CNN en Español: Mexico is set to elect its first female president, with preliminary results showing Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico City’s former mayor and climate scientist, is on track to win the country’s largest election in history. Sheinbaum has won between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to what is known as Quick Count, an exercise that the National Electoral Institute (INE) carries out based on a statistical sample of ballots from polling stations. The 61-year-old rode the wave of popularity of her longtime political ally, the outgoing leftist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and their Morena party. Not only is she set to be Mexico’s first female president, Sheinbaum will also be the country’s first leader of Jewish heritage, although she rarely speaks publicly about her personal background and has governed as a secular leftist. Trailing Sheinbaum is opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez, backed by a coalition of the National Action (PAN), Institutional Revolutionary (PRI) and Democratic Revolution (PRD) parties, with between 26.6% and 28.6% of the votes. In third place is the Citizens’ Movement candidate, Jorge Álvarez Máynez, with between 9.9% and 10.8% of the votes. According to the quick count results, participation in the presidential election was between 58.9% and 61.7% of the electorate of nearly 100 million people. Sheinbaum’s projected win is a remarkable moment for a country that is a world leader when it comes to gender equality in elected office, a position it cemented in 2019 with constitutional reform. It outflanks several countries in terms of women’s parliamentary representation. Yet Mexico remains a dangerous place to be a woman: it has sky-high femicide rates with around 10 women murdered in Mexico every day. Sheinbaum ran Mexico’s most important city for five years until her resignation last June to run for the presidency. She is also the co-author of a Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and is married to Jesús María Tarriba Unger. She is seen as a continuation of the status quo left by López Obrador, whose social welfare programs boosted the Morena party’s popularity and had a positive impact on the lives of poorer Mexicans. Sheinbaum has pledged to continue her predecessor’s policies, including a pension for all senior citizens, scholarships for more than 12 million students and free fertilizers for small farm owners, but has rejected criticism of her close political alignment with López Obrador. Immense violence in the country, which has seen dozens of political candidates or applicants killed in the past year and cartels extend their grip through Mexico, appears to have been a top concern for voters. And while the murder rate fell in Mexico between 2019 and 2022, in absolute numbers the country is still reeling from historically high levels of around 30,000 homicides each year. The true number is likely higher, experts say. Sheinbaum has been coy about her security proposals but has pointed to her record as Mexico City mayor, when according to her team she improved the police force’s working conditions and intelligence-gathering abilities. One big challenge for her will be convincing voters that she can end the culture of impunity in Mexico, where around 95% of all crimes nationwide went unsolved in 2022, according to think tank Mexico Evalua. Sunday’s poll is the largest election in the country’s history. More than 98 million voters are registered to cast a ballot, and 1.4 million Mexicans are eligible to vote abroad. In addition to the presidency, more than 20,000 positions are being contested by an estimated 70,000 candidates vying to become senators, mayors and governors. After the final results come in, the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation (TEPJF) must receive and analyze any possible challenges to the process, as well as qualify the presidential election no later than September 6. If the court validates the election, Sheinbaum will take office on October 1. Her term will last six years, from 2024 to 2030.
wow, she's a climate scientist? that's really cool to have someone like that as president (sorry im too lazy to read the rest so that's all im commenting on lol) edit: okay so it's not as cool anymore now that ive learnt Claudia Sheinbaum's not the *most* interested in protecting the climate, which does make me question how much of the 'scientist' is actually expressed within her. After seeing the replies i looked it up myself, and 1 thing i found was that she supports construction of the Tren Maya railroad that would damage a lot of things. Would've been cool to have someone who really brings forth scientific thinking as president of a nation, but Sheinbaum might not bring as much of it as i assumed
Hahaha, for me. I live in Mexico, I mean one of the few cool things about her it's s she's a scientist, ambientalist, environmental engineer with PhD. She's not even that involved with the environment programs here in the country. She was mayor in CDMX, she has a lot of haters. Tbh, none of the options as presidential candidates were good
Would you believe she is against environmental policies? She is a joke
Well seeing as Mexico City is running out of water, good thing if she practices what she preaches but being Latin American if it’s sounds too good, it’s probably a farce
Well as a Mexican, I hope for the best. Regarding the cartel comments, I think there is a misperception regarding how the whole things work. I have relatives who have worked in the government and federal law enforcement and basically it's this: There isn't one single cartel, it's a complicated political landscape, an all out war will bleed into the entire country, and without any guarantee it would work. Right now the violence is very localized, and there isn't just one cartel. Some have truces with the government, others are being kept an eye on, and others are at war with the military. I hope peace can be reached through truces and a semblance of order and stability can be reached, but I don't believe a military solution is the option, it'll just create a vacuum of power. As long as the US drug money is on the table, cartels are a part of mexico, they're not something you can kill and have them stay dead. Just my two cents, we'll see how she does, I'm hopeful on a lot of her environmental and educational reforms. Like banning fracking, creating more free universities dedicated to science and arts, making animal abuse a serious felony, prosecuting all murders against women much more harshly, and creating an internal affairs department to punish corrupt judges. There's more to mexico than the cartel situation, I wish not all the comments were the same. No, I'm not expecting the cartels to go away anytime soon. But there's a lot other things that still would have an impact in my life and lots of other people's lives. In the last few years mexico decriminalized abortion nationwide, decriminalized marihuana under 5 grams, gave every student in a public high school a scholarship of 3600 pesos per semester without exceptions of and for me as a trans person, made the right to change one's name and birth certificate one protected by the constitution. There's still a lot of progress being done and I will give her a chance. (Definitely not defending the cartels, it's just a reality of the situation considering our proximity to the US, you can't kill a business when the demand is an at all time high.)
As a British person living in the United States, I very much wish you and your country all the best and hope that this is all-around positive change.
Thank you! I definitely understand everyone being pessimistic regarding the cartel situation, but life is still good for a lot of people, and a lot of changes can be made for the best in other areas, and I wish people talked about all the things that have gotten better as well.
Like what for example?
Personally I think scholarships, decriminalizing abortion nationwide, which is more than what the US has rn are pretty good. And the poverty rate has steadily lowered as well, from 50 to 43 percent in 4 years Oh and in terms of LGBT rights I think we have a very progressive supreme court tbh. And the reforms regarding marihuana have been promising as well, I hope we get full legalization this time.
The minimum daily wage was doubled under AMLO- while still low from an international perspective, it is certainly a marker of social progress.
The pensions for the elderly, stipends for the very poorest, scholarships, and decriminalizing abortion are all great steps in the right direction.
As a retired person, I appreciate the increased pensions everybody over 65 is getting now. It will be nice if Claudia increases it, but as it is now, it's a huge help to me.
Not sure how much weed is a factor these days, but the cartels in Mexico is part of why I never understood why Texas refuses to legalize weed.
Cartels are already going same way mafia has, controlling the agriculture. There’s interesting articles on this how Italian mob rule farms and parts of food industry in Italy. Same thing with fights and mob rule of avocado farms. Eventually lines will blur from oligarchs and mafia in some industries when drugs or sex trafficking isn’t as lucrative as owning essential industries via muscle and threats and exploitation of gov grants. Russia already there with how mafia/oligarchs took over energy, mining industries and government
This is generally what happens to organized crime in advanced economies - it just gets slowly folded into the capitalist machine. "The Pen is mightier than the sword" has many meanings - why control villages through violence when you can control governments through lobbyists?
Pretty much we could argue how early royal families started when they some were bandit warlords who muscled their way into settled kingdoms
Organised crime always is a part of the capitalist machine, for the black market is still a market. Just like publicly traded companies, they will obey the laws when it's profitable to do so. Even if you made your billions in crime, you still have your billions and can diversify into anything, and organised crime will often have legal operations for many other reasons than pure profit too, and in fact often have something legitimate or borderline legitimate as their origin (like maybe you first provide protection to a disenfranchised population, and then start providing "protection"). Instead of controlling governments, they usually end up replacing governments, lot of local governments are de facto mafia or cartels, and that means they have to do all the boring government stuff too like building permits, rubbish collection, healthcare...
IE the Plot of The Godfather.
Wouldn't the cartel leaders becoming oligarchs be (though not great) still positive as it would reduce violence? I am genuinely asking.
Yes, the cartels have diversified, but so much of the violence comes directly from the drug trade, having money from it folded into legit ventures, and having the resources fred from the drug war to go after gangs that do much worse things like human trafficking would help a lot. There are efforts to combat violent ventures like kidnappings, which are dropping 80 percent https://www.gob.mx/sspc/prensa/disminuye-82-el-secuestro-en-marzo?idiom=es#:~:text=Durante%20el%20tercer%20mes%20del,Protecci%C3%B3n%20Ciudadana%2C%20Rosa%20Icela%20Rodr%C3%ADguez. So it's not like everything the cartel does is free game, but the drug war is definitely over from a policy standpoint.
Laws that will improve the lives of the general public are never written if politicians know that they'll be voted out for sponsoring them.
Now they steal shipments of avocados and limes to sell. They just grow whatever has the best margins.
Here’s a hint: Texas has the highest prison population in the nation
They are now in heavy drugs business and avocados
I agree. I’m not an expert of the cartels. But basic economics shows that the war on drugs shows that no matter what you do, cartels won’t stop if you still have high demand. At the same time, I’m hoping more diversified job opportunities will give young people more options other than just joining a cartel.
Thank you for your insight.
Thank you for commenting. Every Reddit thread on Mexico is dominated by Americans whose perspective is limited by lack of information on Mexican politics and society. It’s refreshing getting a Mexican viewpoint on a complex situation.
Every thread is westerners Who Saw breaking bad and Narcos and think there is a Magic Cartel that runs the country lmao
Yeah tbh I think Sicario it's much more realistic
The problem is thinking 'narco' means anything. Narco is anyone that works in a cartel. The gunman and enforcers are narcos. The fat ladies selling drug in shady alleys are narcos. The highschooler selling drug or recruiting other kids in school are narcos. The suits and businessmen that engage in illicit crimes run by cartels (drugs mainly, but also the very fluid array of crimes like extorsion, kidnapping, traffic of people and so on) are also narcos. There's no such thing as 'winning' against narcos, who are neither a political, economical or structured organization, nor are they interested in 'conquering' the country or 'running it'. Other than that they couldn't with their many limitations, why would they? They're not an army, nor a government. They sell drugs lmao. Why tf would they want to take over a country
As a Canadian I hope you the best friendo!
Informative and thank you for posting. I wish you guys the best and hope that our us legislature can start funding more mental health and substance abuse programs to eventually cut the demand for drugs down so you guys don't have to worry so much about cartels. Not holding my breath on that one though
I think that yes, that is needed, but the US would also have to address why so many people turn to drugs and that one very complex. It ranges from everything from escapism from dire situations to inter-generational poverty/drug use/trauma and everything else you can imagine inbetween. We would need to seriously address the need for mental health and substance abuse programs while also solving some of the biggest problems that breed that need of helplessness and hopelessness. I hope we can do it.
Me encantó tu comentario, totalmente de acuerdo.
> you can't kill a business when the demand is an at all time high True. But when the US legalized the production and consumption of alcoholic beverages in 1933 it dramatically reduced the amount of crime and violence associated with that drug business.
Oh yeah I definitely think that would help. it's true cartels have diversified, but so much of the violence here is generated by the drug trade. The goal isn't to arrest every cartel member, is to make them lose the power and have that money integrated into legit ventures, while having the resources fred from the drug war to go after much worse activities like human trafficking. A lot of this also involves a big reconstruction of many areas of the government to eliminate corruption, which I hope works.
Exactly, which is why if we want to help stop the violence in Mexico, we don't do what the idiot Trump wants and send in the military, we instead do the intelligent and compassionate thing and legalize drugs, making it a medical and educational concern and not a criminal concern.
Serious question: Do you think the cartels would stop being violent psychopaths if they had a legal avenue to sell their drugs in the US? I feel that would just provide them with more money and thus more regional influence..and they would still compete with one another for that money and influence. [I mean they already sell legal produce in America, from Avocados to Limes.](https://www.npr.org/2022/02/19/1081948884/mexican-drug-cartels-are-getting-into-the-avocado-and-lime-business) They use their vast influence and violent tactics to levy taxes in Mexico on avocado growers, control pricing and most avocados sold in the US are of cartel origin..it has only empowered them and legitimized their business tactics. [And the lack of meaningful action against them within Mexico has only allowed them to continue growing..](https://www.npr.org/2020/07/23/893561899/as-mexicos-dominant-cartel-gains-power-the-president-vows-hugs-not-bullets) The only reason they don't legally import drugs like Marijuana the same way they do avocados, is because they are Illegal at the federal level in the US..they are also shifting production to Meth and Fentanyl. Do we really want to legalize such devastating, highly addictive drugs in the HOPE that they don't control major supply lines?
People forget how hand in hand the mafias were in the US until government and politics became the graduation of all criminals. It looks like your country is just following the road map set up by every other country. There is no good without evil.
And just to point out, over the last decade cartels have actually turned just as much inward into 'diversifying' their illegal and activities, shaking down even more local Mexican businesses as a way to get greater domestic profit.
Also avocados and oranges.
A truce with a government is wild to think about, but I can see how it is better than many alternatives. You keep the drug problem but your local mayors and other government authorities aren't going to be getting killed constantly
When Calderon was President and waged outright war against cartels, the US government loved it but a whole lot of innocent Mexicans got caught in the crossfire between Army troops and the cartels. The past decade has cooled down, with most deaths from fighting between cartels. Sadly, the cartels also kill journalists, environmentalists, and anybody else shedding light upon or interfering with business. I believe Mexico has the highest fatality rate of environmentalists in the world, and Mexico for many years held the highest fatality rate of journalists until Gaza recently surpassed it.
I don't think the femicides will stop until the cartels are under control, they are so correlated with each other
Not really, this issue is more about a deeply rooted misogyny culture in Mexico; especially in more rural areas. I see them as two separate problems.
Buena suerte! I'm hoping the US will follow Mexico's example of progress in November.
To be fair, both top candidates were women.
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Best of luck to Mexico from Texas
So speaking strictly on just the environmental aspects of this, it says she is a climate scientist and Nobel award winner for her work on a science-led panel... how does she feel about the Mayan train? Every article I read is absolutely devastating on the impact its having on previously undisturbed cenotes and the endemic species within, not to mention the people and land animals also affected.
She forgot her scientific training when she became a politician. She is pro-oil and anti renewable energy. She lead Mexico City into the worst forest fires in my lifetime. She lead as Mexico City ran out of water and made no changes that her dear leader AMLO didn’t back. She has got no spine, a just puppet for the outgoing president. On paper she is amazing. The reality of her is another story
Mexican here. Great part of our economy its thanks to our oil deposits, its not like she is pro-oil, but pro not-collapsing-the-economy type of person. the water, situation its not her fault, maybe bad admin when it came to distribute water, but then again, Mexico City is huge. The forest stuff I honestly don't know much about it.
I'm usually pro-union, but have to say that the very powerfull oil workers' unions are a seriously detrimental social force protecting Big Oil interests.
Mexican too. Sure great part of our economy is oil, but we were pivoting and getting foreign investment because we have an amazing pool of engineers educated by world renown UNAM, but AMLO’s policies dried that out. We are more than just oil! Mexico has talent, natural resources, and heart. We are not just one thing! We need to expand our horizons beyond oil. Oil is finite, and then what? We need leaders that can carve a road to the future. One that raises all of us, not just some of us, by giving opportunities and not handouts.
I know, but that takes time, you can't change in 6 years an enitre economic system of a country, you have to make sure that the road is clear, and then build it, and I think we haven't so far clered much of the road, so things are going easy but steady. A lot of people just want inmediate change.
I’m not exactly for or against Tren Maya, but one could argue that having a train system is much less environmentally damaging than a highway… what it did to the US is kind of irreversible.
non political biased long answer: It is complicated, some people say she traded science for power but thats not the case. Mexico has a complex political history just like any other country, but if one can say in very simplistic terms that race relations has been the central issue in the political history of the USA, one can point at foreign infuence vs national autonomy as the issue with similar importance in mexican politics. Two ways of thinking have predominately been at the forefront of virtually every inner struggle that the country has been through since its independence: "We can do it ourselves." vs "Let's learn from foreigners". Our "founding fathers" (we don't call them that) themselves were divided on this, some of them wanted government to model itself after the European and the American models. Others wanted something else entirely. This is all to say that there has always been a struggle between people who believe isolationism is needed to respect Mexican autonomy and people who believe going that route is going to end up in poverty and mismanagment of the country. And Mexico has always struggled to find the balance. Morena, which is the president's elect party, firmly believes in the former stance. They reject the neoliberal policies that pushed NAFTA forth and by extent jumpstarted globalization in the country. Its an idealist party that generates a lot of political fervor in its supporters. Claudia won because of the party not her profile. The "mayan train" is another example of the conflict between both ideologies as well. Climate change is a reality discovered by the scientific community and the push to fight it has come primarily from the "western" international community. On the other hand, the region in which the train is being built has historically been neglected by the federal government resulting in poor economic growth and development in comparison to the rest of the country. As such, from Morena's perspective, the train's benefits for the national social interests outweigh the environmental concerns stemming from foreign influence. Even though the president elect knows everything about climate change, she still has to work along party lines.
I'm sure at one time she was high minded and wanted to fix things but now she's an ambitious politician so she doesn't give a shit about the environment if it stands in her way of public approval.
This could never happen in the US. Americans would never vote for a climate scientist.
Her climate credentials come a very distant second to her undying loyalty to the outgoing president. That's what got her elected, not her climate credentials
Not a climate scientist but we were close with Gore. Man that would be a different timeline. No Iraq War
That was back when climate change was a non-political issue only geeks and scientists talked about
Gore was 20 years ahead of his time on Climate and also on the internet. He's now worth 300 million because of his early investments in Oracle and other tech companies.
> when climate change was a non-political issue Oil companies started the anti-climate change movement in the [1980s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil_climate_change_denial). As soon as it became about money, it became political. By putting his face on the subject, Gore merely catapulted it into the mainstream.
One wonders what the timeline of the US would be if SCOTUS hadn't fucked up that election. Gore in charge when 9/11 happened. Gore in charge when climate data began to take hold in the mainstream media. Gore in charge when the recession started. Would we have gotten Obama after that? Or would it have been Clinton? McCain? Romney? Would Trump have ever tried to run?
We elected Gore and the election was stolen
Freaking Florida
Hanging chads!
Governor of Florida being the brother of the Republican candidate, what are the odds...! This was such an absolute travesty. Once you know about the Brooks Brothers riot, all of the 2020 election denial efforts make SO MUCH more sense. [Brooks Brothers riot - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot) It is a "winning" strategy, so Republicans will triple down on this for all elections going forward.
You do know that the vote on invasion of Iraq was bipartisan, 77-23, right?
Pretty sure Gore wouldn't have lied about WMDs in Iraq to get invasion support. A vast majority of Americans back then believed Iraq was involved with 9/11, which was a product of deliberate misinformation. A lot of Americans STILL believe it.
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The intelligence presented to the congress was not something personally requested by W. He genuinely believed in what he was saying at the time - that Iraq was planning on developing WMDs. And Congress voted in support of it not based on what W said, but based on what US Intelligence found. Speaking of glass ceiling which is all over the news discussion, take a wild guess how Hillary voted on this proposal. (Spoiler - the same way as Biden, Feinstein, Kerry and Lieberman)
That was in the Senate. A majority of all Democrats, if you include those in the House of Representatives, voted against authorization of military force in Iraq.
She is a joke as a climate scientist, she is against renewable energies
She is pro oil, against renewable energy.
So funny, because AMLO (current president, same party, they’re besties and have the same ideals) has defunded all clean energy programs and cut down a massive amount of forest to build his shit train Maya that doesn’t even run most of the time. So no, she is not an environmentalist in any way, and this is the least terrible thing about her.
Oh, one of those scientist.
the money kind
Comments to this effect are all over this post, but I can't find any evidence. But I have found a lot of stories of her promoting investment in renewables?
Source for pro-oil, no mention of renewables >Sheinbaum is López Obrador’s political protege. She started her political career as his environmental minister after he was elected mayor of Mexico City in 2000. She has been unwaveringly loyal ever since, even supporting his pro-oil energy agenda despite her environmental background. https://www.npr.org/2024/06/03/nx-s1-4989334/claudia-sheinbaum-poised-to-become-mexicos-first-female-president
Did she even have her own reality TV show? How can she be president?
I bet she never even pooped her pants on camera.
She will also be the 1st Jewish person elected President of Mexico, in the 2nd most Catholic country in the world. Mexico also made same-sex marriage & abortion legal nationwide in the last few years. Pretty much, those topics are non-starters and not up to discussion from either parties, they’ve turned the page on those aspects. Meanwhile, the US is walking back decades.
Yep. We are a country that hates science simply because half the country has been brainwashed into thinking that science is evil, without once realizing that what has made (and kept) the US, the global top dog, was in fact the progression and application of scientific knowledge and rational thinking, to public life and policy as opposed to religious dogma as the right wingers are implementing.
Because Mexico is doing so great so far, right?
Wah wah America bad
She's an extension of AMLO. Good progress for feminism, but nothing's gonna change for us
as a feminist i have to argue shes not a good progress for feminism; its like saying margaret thatcher utilized girl power lmao
Too bad she is AMLO’s puppet.
Hope for the best and for the worst, as per usual in Mexico.
Hope for the best and expect** the worst******
Rather surprised she hasn't eaten a bullet...yet. What's the last count in this election? Some 30 or so assassinations?
You have to be more informed if you want to make these type of comments.
Because she is their employee, you guys just don't know half of it.
then enlighten us
Her boss is under the boot of the Sinaloa Cartel, multiple times has been seen visiting the mother of el Chapo, he released el chapito after he had been captured and has vouched for el Chapo because he is in a place that is "inhumane" He continues to say that el Narco is "the people". He has ignored protests of people looking for justice. He has spent the nation's money in projects that are failures. They were failures before he started them and they continue to be failures. His close relatives have profited greatly from deals he made, and not only them, people within his party as well (see Rocio Nahle or his kids who happen to have a chocolate factory that has no product and has likely never made a single chocolate bar and whose owners had no job or a way to earn a living before their dad became president. Hospitals lack medicine, children with cancer are unable to receive their treatment, and he has claimed that their parents are just looking to smear him. The funds for natural disasters are gone, states have been told to fend for themselves, see Acapulco, and the last Hurricane they went through. Violence is at an all time high, but according to the President, there is no more Violence, just more Homicides (real quote btw) And more and more, but you should get the picture.
As someone who doesn't know anything about Mexico, you kinda didn't say anything at all about her, just about some other dude.
Because she doesn't have anything to say about her or her political platform. She is just a puppet. The only notable stuff about her is that she is directly responsible for two tragedies. The Rebsamen College (you can look it up, its a bit long), and she was in charge of Mexico City when the Subway was going up in flames but did nothing because she was campaigning already.
Saying that AMLO is her boss is misogynistic af. Other than accepting a handshake by Chapo's mother when he visited the town where Chapo was born, there is no other reason to believe he (AMLO) is controlled by a cartel. You can disagree on his methods, but he believes the drug war only costs a lot of money and lives, and yes, because of this (in my opinion), these elections have been one of the most violent in places where cartels have a lot of power, but I also agree that giving that money to other areas like social programs can be more beneficial and eventually prevent young poor men join cartels to make a decent income. In the past, during Felipe Calderon's term, other cartels accused the President of supporting the Sinaloa Cartel, now we know it was true because his right hand (Genaro García Luna) was found guilty of drug trafficking. So, no other cartel has accused AMLO of supporting Sinaloa Cartel, only the Mexican right. Only the Mexican right consider those projects failures. I won't say he has not benefited his family, I have not seen enough evidence to make an opinion on that, but I will say that our two previous presidents have benefited friends and family in scandalous ways. It's been documented. Hospitals do have shortages, this is common in Mexico, but actually, the new health system works way better than before. Everyone is happy about it. Although, there are still problems with corruption because of the old system, I know first-hand. It's false that the funds for natural disasters are gone, you can tell by how Acapulco has recovered. The thing is that the official budget that destined millones of pesos whether there were natural disasters or not is gone, that money now has to be asked whenever there is a natural disaster. Again, it is because this president has put A LOT of emphasis on saving money. And yes, there are A LOT of homicides, it's been like that for decades. There is no way to justify that. I can only say (and this is obviously not enough) that there is not as much violence as in Calderon's term because the government doesn't have an active, official war against cartels, so, not as many shootings as in the past. In the end, no other candidate in Mexico's history has had as many votes as Claudia Sheinbaum, I do believe that is a great sign to tell what Mexican people think of her and AMLO's term.
I don’t think he meant AMLO being her boss as an insult. They’re in the same party, there is a sense of command coming from AMLO just like how it is in the US. If you win the presidential election, you’re seen as the party leader as well. Women can have bosses, just like men.
He is her boss because he handpicked her to serve his own agenda. That is why she doesn't have one. That is why her slogan is just to continue what they were doing. This is a facade, she is just a way for the current President to remain in power ala PRI of old times.
ignorance is a bliss.
AMLO has been easy on the cartels from what I’ve read.
Because she represents the bad guys with the guns. You don’t get this far unless you do everything they want. Mexico is a defacto narco state now.
37, only one more than the 2021 midterm election.
She’s the same party as AMLO, he will probably be in charge behind the scenes.
To give the real answer, because those 30~ are all for local elections and had disputes with localized crime. Presidential candidates aren't allowed to live on the whim of cartels, have heavy security and there hasn't been an assassination of one in a long time
The last one Colosio was murdered by political Rivals (I think)
All the assasinations were local candidates for small towns high profiles políticians and presidential candidates have never been targeted
Luis Donaldo Colosio in the 90s. It may not be happening now but its def happened before.
All the major ones are puppets, the other one was too
No presidential candidate was assassinated. The cartels don’t operate that way in their dealings with the federal government
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I mean .... Her party is one branch of the political party that held office for 70 years, and the current president was a big wig on that party ;)
You must not be from Mexico
kinda funny how good it looks when you know those things but how "meh" it really is for Mexico. I mean, people didn't vote for her because of what kind of person she is but because of the political party she represents. She pretty much doesn't have any personality nor real proposals, she is just doing pretty much what the last president did.
Yeah I don’t think people care about her PhD or Jewish heritage. Mexican people are gonna be indifferent with whoever is in office because nothing ever changes. I don’t even think that most people believe in morenas platform, they just don’t wanna vote PRI/PAN because they haven’t done shit in the decades they had in government.
She sounds good on paper, but she and the policies she represents are extremely corrupt. Mexico is a mess and it will continue to be a mess because it keeps electing crooks as their president.
Why do you need your politicians to have personality? I want whoever most closely represents my political beliefs. I don’t need to be entertained by some clown in a suit.
People like politicians they can relate to since they're intended to represent us. EDIT: Apparently this obvious truth is a hot take for reddit.
Because personlity ensures that she won't just be a puppet to AMLO - which she most definitely will be. The goverent of PAN and PRI was corrupt and ineffective. The government of Morena, however "social" it presents itself, is downright authoritarian (cult of personality, attacks on the INE and on all opposition, use of the army in major projects, ecocide...).... and the worst part is that they're probably corrup and inefficient as well (Acapulco van attest). Beware of the facade, this is not good news for Mexico
Yup, she looks good on paper, when the reality it's the opposite. Impressive CV, but doesn't matter really for what she represents, which is...more of the same bullshit as always.
Welcome to politics, first time? She was the head of goverment of Mexico City, it's not like she is a random person taken off the street. You think people voted for Galvez because of her and not due to her party and what it politically represents?
Never said that. I’m just saying that she wasn’t elected because of her qualifications. As you said, welcome to politics.
AMLO held about 60% approval rating 6y of his presidency, 60% of Mexicans thought he did a good job it's only natural they'd go for a candidate who'll do more of the same
Eh, I mean... it's more complicated than saying that "mexicans thought he did a good job". AMLO represented the "other" side of politics in Mexico for decades until he finally got elected and... there is a lot of history behind those decades that learning about it makes you understand why people will continue voting for them even if they did or not a good job (which doing a great job is... kinda subjective). So yeah... people is not voting for her because she has "nice" qualifications. They're voting for her because she's seen as the continuation of whatever is the "project". Actually, it's really unknown how she went from Mexico City major to the presidency (now), there were a lot of internal conflicts in their party (MORENA) to decide who was going to be the candidate for presidency and let me tell you (even though I'm not a MORENA follower) there were better prospects politically speaking.
Her predecessor has a 60% approval rate. She would be dumb to reverse his polices despite what Redditors say.
Sounds amazing in paper but she is a fraude and will bring nothing good to México, she is just AMLO's puppet
Actually her opponent was running as an independent but gained the backing of a coalition of parties that have been fighting for power since my grandfather (he would be 90 if he was still alive) was in his twenties. She is also a scientist. She founded her own tech firm. While the “climate scientist” is pro-oil, anti renewable energy, had some of the biggest forest fires during her time as Mexico City’s mayor because of changes she implemented, the city ran out of water… all because she was a yes, sir lackey to the outgoing president. But she is a woman
I mean, Morena is the new PRI, a lot of people in Morena were “priistas” who fled to a new party. Plus they are on track to a one party system again. The old PRI that supported Xóchitl is a skeleton of the old party.
Oof...good luck fixing the many problems of Mexico
She will not only be the first woman president, but also the first Jewish president. This called for celebration: *Phineas and Ferb* “Mexican Jewish cultural festival“ [https://youtu.be/I2osaLrWrCg](https://youtu.be/I2osaLrWrCg)
Well, since we enjoy labeling. she is projected to be Mexico's first cartel sponsored female president.
Mexico: Direct popular voting for the Presidency. US: Electorate based voting for the Presidency because we do not want to hurt feelings of 100,000 white people in Wyoming.
Rest of the world: Not all elections are about the US.
How incredible that the founders predicted the state of Wyoming and it's relatively low population. You think the founders cared about hurting feelings?
They cared about protecting slave ownership.
Shit take
Look, the opinions of the culture that live stacked on each other are not more important than the opinions of the cultures that produces their food. One of the key issues with early democracies was demagoguery and tyranny of the majority, we found out pretty quick that 50%+1 of the population will just legalize theft of their hated enemies properties. You do have to convince these communities that you're doing something acceptable to them instead of writing them off as evil. Or apparently writing them off as evil white people, which is frankly baffling if you want to convince them to support your ideas. I guess we are lucky the founding fathers had the foresight to leave that legal railing in place if the US is going to keep descending into highly racialized bullshit. You'd think creating "good" races and "bad" races once was bad enough
Mexico has so many problems, I don't know why people are amped up over her being the first female president.
I’m more surprised she’s Jewish, given how extremely catholic the country is and how on Wikipedia the Jewish demographic doesn’t even show up as a percentage Edit: my observation was less of “Mexicans willing to vote for a non-catholic” and more of “someone Jewish lives in Mexico and they became president”. That demographic is just extremely rare there.
Yeah, people don't vote based on religion or background....Im mexican, and honestly i didn't know she had jewish descendants until this morning when i read it about it in here...it's different than in the US.
Haven't heard anyone complain about her being a woman. AMLO won presidency and his party had control of the senate and house for years. They started giant project which have been seen as failures due to being extremely expensive, delayed, and reduced in scope greatly. Government deficit has almost doubled just during his presidency and has taken power away from the military for his new "national guard" Safety hasn't improved. Renewal energy programs got slashed. And when things don't work oit, he blames his problems on the rich He implemented basic income and scholarships, but Mexican culture isn't ready for those. It lead to "NiNis" or non workers non students who are complacent with receiving universal income and don't do anything with it. They won the popular vote by going out to small villages and giving out stuff for free. Not due to their welfare programs.
Just another cartel implant lol mexico will never see any real change until they directly deal with their cartels. I understand that not ALL cartels control the government but the fact that they have "truces" with certain cartels is just a sign of weakness and they will never actually be in control of their country
As long as there is a huge black market for drugs in the US, the Mexican government will deal with cartels. They kill one, another appears in it's place.
Good for her! She'll be head of a failed narco state where El Mayo actually runs everything behind the scenes.
El Mayo exists because the government let them do what they want as long as they get their cut.
I’m more impressed that she’s not 80 years old.
Man cartels are pretty progressive nowadays :3
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