MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's former finance minister is backing the main opposition alliance in next year's presidential election, the opposition's candidate said on Tuesday.
"Welcome to this team," Galvez wrote on X, sharing a picture of herself and Urzua, who was finance minister from 2018 to 2019 at the start of Lopez Obrador's presidency.
A respected economist, Urzua from 2000 to 2003 was Lopez Obrador's top finance official when he was Mexico City mayor.
However, he remains a popular president, and MORENA's candidate to succeed him, former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, has a commanding lead over Galvez in opinion polls.
Galvez heads the main opposition alliance comprising three parties ranging from the center-right to the center-left.
Persons:
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's, Xochitl Galvez, Carlos Urzua, Lopez, Galvez, Urzua, Lopez Obrador's, Lopez Obrador, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Dave Graham, Cynthia Osterman
Organizations:
MEXICO CITY, Regeneration, Lopez Obrador's, Mexico City, Mexico City Mayor, ' Movement
Locations:
MEXICO, Mexico