Mexico’s presidential campaign is well underway and if the polls are to be believed, Claudia Sheinbaum, a physicist and candidate of the left-leaning ruling Morena party, could be the country’s next president.
Ms. Sheinbaum, who is of Jewish descent, holds a staggering 30 percentage point lead over Xóchitl Gálvez, a tech entrepreneur of Indigenous descent.
Ms. Sheinbaum, who lacks his charisma and political acumen, is seen as the continuator of his political project.
If elected, Ms. Sheinbaum will be Mexico’s first Jewish president.
As a Mexican of Jewish origin, I have seen with amazement and optimism how so many Mexicans, in a predominantly Catholic country, are backing someone of her gender and religious origin.
Persons:
Claudia Sheinbaum, Ms, Sheinbaum, Xóchitl, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, AMLO
Organizations:
Mexico’s
Locations:
Morena