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☆ Mexican presidency race tightens slightly, Sheinbaum retains big lead -poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Former Mexico City Mayor and ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party, candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, gestures during her registration as oficial candidate for MORENA for the 2024 presidential election, in Mexico City, Mexico November 19, 2023. A prior survey by the firm published early last month had given former Mexico City Mayor Sheinbaum 55% support, and Galvez, a businesswoman-turned-politician, 20%. The latest Parametria poll gave a third contender, Samuel Garcia of the opposition center-left Citizens' Movement (MC), 10% backing. "That said, it's a big lead and we're looking at a scenario where she would have an absolute majority (in Congress)," Abundis told Reuters. Reporting by Dave Graham in Mexico City Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Claudia Sheinbaum, MORENA, Luis Cortes, Parametria, Xochitl Galvez, Galvez, Sheinbaum, Samuel Garcia, Francisco Abundis, it's, Abundis, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez, Dave Graham, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, Regeneration, REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Mexico City Mayor Sheinbaum, ' Movement, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Congress, North America, Asia

☆ Mexico Presidency Race Narrows Slightly, Sheinbaum Still Way Ahead -Poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The race to become Mexico's next president has closed slightly, but former Mexico City mayor and ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum still has double the support of her main opposition rival, an opinion poll showed on Monday. Samuel Garcia, who is competing for the candidacy of another center-left party, Citizens Movement (MC), polled 8% support. A poll published in early October had given Sheinbaum 50% support versus 20% for Galvez, although that survey included a fourth, right-wing candidate who did not feature this time. "With the entry of Samuel Garcia as sole MC contender, the presidential ballot has been practically set in stone," Buendia & Marquez head Jorge Buendia wrote in El Universal. Separately, an analysis of several polls by research firm Consulta Mitofsky which stripped out undecided voters and those not backing any candidate showed Sheinbaum with 62.7% of effective support.

Persons: Mexico's, Claudia Sheinbaum, pollster Buendia, Marquez, Xochitl Galvez, Galvez, Samuel Garcia, Sheinbaum, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Buendia, Jorge Buendia, Garcia, Raul Cortes, Sarah Morland, Dave Graham, Andrea Ricci Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Mexico City, El Universal, Sheinbaum, Regeneration, Citizens Movement Locations: MEXICO, Mexico

☆ Mexico's Sheinbaum Holds 18 Point Lead in Presidency Race -Poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Former Mexico City Mayor and ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum holds an 18 percentage point lead over her nearest rival in the race to win Mexico's next presidential election on June 2, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday. Sheinbaum has the firm backing of popular President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who cannot seek reelection. A third presidential hopeful, Nuevo Leon state Governor Samuel Garcia of the center-left Citizens' Movement (MC) party, was polling 8 percent support. Respondents in the newspaper's poll suggested that those characteristics did not play in either candidate's favor. El Financiero said its poll had an overall margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.

Persons: Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's, El Financiero, Sheinbaum, Xochitl Galvez, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Galvez, Samuel Garcia, Lopez Obrador, Sheinbaum's, Dave Graham, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Mexico City Mayor, Regeneration, Nuevo, ' Movement Locations: MEXICO, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Europe

☆ Mexico's Sheinbaum holds 18 point lead in presidency race -poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum gestures as she speaks on the day she is certified as presidential candidate for the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party during a ceremony, in Mexico City, Mexico September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMEXICO CITY, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Former Mexico City Mayor and ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum holds an 18 percentage point lead over her nearest rival in the race to win Mexico's next presidential election on June 2, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday. Sheinbaum has the firm backing of popular President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who cannot seek reelection. A third presidential hopeful, Nuevo Leon state Governor Samuel Garcia of the center-left Citizens' Movement (MC) party, was polling 8 percent support. El Financiero said its poll had an overall margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.

Persons: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Henry Romero, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's, El Financiero, Sheinbaum, Xochitl Galvez, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Galvez, Samuel Garcia, Lopez Obrador, Sheinbaum's, Dave Graham, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, Regeneration, REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Nuevo, ' Movement, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Nuevo Leon, Europe

☆ Mexico President's Former Finance Minister Backs Opposition Rival
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

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

Many of the GOP presidential candidates say they would carry out potential acts of war against Mexico in response to the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador repeatedly denies his country is producing the synthetic opioid despite enormous evidence to the contrary. Border agents seized nearly 13 tons (12,000 kilograms) of fentanyl at the U.S.-Mexico border between September 2022 and August, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. "As commander in chief, I’m going to use the U.S. military to go after the Mexican drug cartels,” said DeSantis, the Florida governor. Lopez Obrador took office in December 2018 campaigning with a motto of “hugs, not bullets,” and for four years has shredded his predecessors’ prosecution of the drug war.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, ” Donald Trump, You’ve, you’ve, ”, Arturo Sarukhan, “, Andrea Thomas ’, Thomas, Joe Biden's, Andres Manuel López Obrador, I’m, DeSantis, James Mandryck, Lopez Obrador, Xóchitl Gálvez, James K, Polk, Woodrow Wilson, Pancho Villa, Trump, Tony Payan, Elliot Spagat, Mark Stevenson Organizations: MIAMI, Republican, GOP, U.S . Customs, U.S . Commission, Univision, Drug Enforcement Administration, Trump, Biden, U.S ., Center, Rice, Baker Institute for Public, Associated Press Locations: U.S, Mexico, United States, Washington, Junction , Colorado, Mexican, Florida, China, Sinaloa, Latin America, Texas, California , Nevada , Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma , Kansas, Wyoming, Veracruz, Columbus , New Mexico, San Diego, Mexico City

☆ In the country of ‘machismo,’ a woman will be the next president
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Rafael Romo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Sheinbaum, a 61-year-old former Mexico City mayor and longtime political ally of Lopez Obrador, hit all the right notes in thanking him. Lopez Obrador promises to ‘retire completely’Schettino believes the immensely popularly Lopez Obrador views Sheinbaum as his extension in power. In 2012, Lopez Obrador created Morena as a political party. “President López Obrador, a dinosaur who not only is a dinosaur, but also has the vocation of a tyrant. Earlier this year, Lopez Obrador denied he had any favorites among his party’s hopefuls or that he was pushing for one candidate or another behind the scenes.

Persons: Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum, Lopez Obrador, Morena, Sheinbaum, ”, –, Xochitl Gálvez, It’s, Lopez, Xochitl Galvez, wasn’t, Gálvez, López Obrador, Vicente Fox, Gálvez unapologetically, Macario, she’s, don’t, ” Schettino, “, let’s, it’s, ” Sheinbaum, ‘, Schettino, hew Organizations: CNN, Mexico City, Broad Front, PAN, PRI, PRD, Front, Mexican Congress, Social, Institutional Revolutionary Party, Party of Democratic Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, Monterrey, Mexican, Mexico’s

☆ Mexico's Sheinbaum handily leads 2024 presidential race, poll shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum gestures as she speaks on the day she is certified as presidential candidate for the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party during a ceremony, in Mexico City, Mexico September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMEXICO CITY, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum, the presidential candidate for the country's ruling leftist party and a close ally of the current president, is now expected to easily win the 2024 election, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday. Sheinbaum, candidate for the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) founded by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, nabbed 50% of support in a four-way race of top contenders, according to a survey by polling firm Buendia & Marquez and newspaper El Universal. Sheinbaum, 61, was until recently mayor of Mexico City. Reporting by Kylie Madry; Editing by Aurroa EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Henry Romero, Claudia Sheinbaum, Sheinbaum, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Marquez, Lopez, Xochitl Galvez, Mexico's, Samuel Garcia, Eduardo Verastegui, Kylie Madry, Aurroa Ellis Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, Regeneration, REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, National Regeneration, El Universal, Nuevo Leon, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, MORENA

☆ Mexico president defends Russia participation in military parade
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves as he travels from Oaxaca to Veracruz on board the "Tren Transistmico" passenger train during its first test trip, in southern Mexico September 17, 2023. Ukraine's ambassador to Mexico, opposition politicians and critical media blasted the decision to allow a Russian unit to participate on Saturday, but Lopez Obrador said Mexico had allowed any country to join in. Lopez Obrador, a leftist, has sought to keep Mexico neutral in the war between Russia and Ukraine, at one point proposing peace talks. Ukraine's ambassador to Mexico, Oksana Dramaretska, said on X that the parade had been "sullied" by the participation of a Russian unit which she said was "stained with blood." "Long live the friendship between Mexico and Russia!," the Russian embassy said on X.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, Russia's, Oksana Dramaretska, Mr, Dramaretska, Daniel Ortega, Ortega, Xochitl Galvez, Valentine Hilaire, Raul Cortes Fernandez, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, Thomson Locations: Oaxaca, Veracruz, Mexico, MEXICO, Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Brazil, Chile, China, Venezuela, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cuba, Nicaragua

☆ Mexico's Sheinbaum leads 2024 presidential race -poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum gestures as she speaks on the day she is certified as presidential candidate for the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party during a ceremony, in Mexico City, Mexico September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 14 (Reuters) - The presidential candidate of Mexico's leftist ruling party, Claudia Sheinbaum, a close ally of the current president, is favorite to win the 2024 election, a new opinion poll showed. Those polled were asked to choose between Sheinbaum, Galvez, and former foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard, Sheinbaum's main rival for MORENA presidential nomination. The poll showed Ebrard winning 15% support as MC candidate against Sheinbaum and Galvez. In a head-to-head contest between the two female front-runners, Sheinbaum got 55% support and Galvez 34%.

Persons: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Henry Romero, Claudia Sheinbaum, Xochitl Galvez, Galvez, Marcelo Ebrard, Ebrard, Sheinbaum, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Raul Cortes, Natalia Siniawski, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Alistair Bell Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, Regeneration, REUTERS, National Regeneration, Spanish, El Pais, MORENA, Movement, Sheinbaum, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, Sheinbaum, MORENA, Galvez

☆ In 'macho' Mexico, stage set for first female president
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

[1/2] Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum reacts after she was nominated as a presidential candidate, in Mexico City, Mexico September 6, 2023. "It's extraordinary in a patriarchal country," said Josefina Vazquez Mota, who made history in 2012 as the first female presidential candidate for one of Mexico's main parties. "Just imagine having a female president in a country as macho as Mexico!" Mexican women did not win full voting rights until 1953, 33 years after the neighboring United States. Today, Vazquez Mota said, her PAN ally Galvez no longer had to respond to whether Mexico was ready for a female president.

Persons: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Henry Romero, Claudia Sheinbaum, Xochitl Galvez, Galvez, Josefina Vazquez Mota, Vazquez Mota, Maria del Carmen Garcia, Mexico City Mayor Sheinbaum, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Marcelo Ebrard, Angelica Rodriguez, femicides, Guadalupe, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Lorenzo Meyer, anticlerical, Gabriela Cuevas, Dave Graham, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Alberto Fajardo, Stephen Eisenhammer, Claudia Parsons Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, REUTERS, Action Party, PAN, Mexican, Court, men's, Roman, Virgin, Church, Colegio de Mexico, Reuters Graphics, Inter, Parliamentary Union, Federal, Vamos, OECD, Mexican Institute for Competitiveness, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, America, Brazil, Honduras, Peru, United States, Canada, Yucatan, Reuters Graphics Mexico, Britain, Mexican, U.S, Turkey, Argentina

A banner reading: "Abortion Out of the Penal Code" hangs from a building during International Women's Day, at the Zocalo Square in Mexico City, Mexico March 8, 2023. The ruling set a significant legal precedent and paved the way for the federal health system to begin providing abortion services and broaden access dramatically. But Mexican abortion rights advocates say the ruling's promise of expanding abortion access will not become a reality overnight and could depend on the political and legislative will of the federal government. Aside from safeguarding abortion patients and providers from prosecution, the ruling will have limited impact on access until the federal public health system starts providing abortion services. Xochitl Galvez, the senator chosen to represent the main opposition coalition, has broken from her center-right party’s anti-abortion platform to support abortion rights.

Persons: Quetzalli, Maria Antonieta Alcalde, IPAS, Alcalde, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum, Xochitl Galvez, Veronica Cruz, Roe, Wade, Isabel Fulda, Gabriella Borter, Stephen Eisenhammer, Josie Kao Organizations: REUTERS, Mexico City, Regeneration, Mexico's, United States Supreme, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Coahuila, Latin America, Caribbean, America, United States, Guanajuato, U.S

☆ Mexico president backs ruling party candidate after disputed selection process
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum attend an event to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Consummation of the Independence of Mexico outside the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico, September 27, 2021. Lopez Obrador rejected Ebrard's demand that the primary be redone, and said he supported Sheinbaum. It's something historic, unprecedented, and I don't see any problem," Lopez Obrador said about the process where Sheinbaum beat out five other contenders. Lopez Obrador suggested Ebrard may choose to run for the presidency as an independent candidate, adding that he is free to do what he considers best. "This type of process has never been done," Lopez Obrador said, referring to the polls of some 12,500 people that resulted in Sheinbaum becoming the MORENA candidate.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Henry Romero, Marcelo Ebrard, MORENA, Lopez Obrador, Ebrard, Lopez, Xochitl Galvez, Dave Graham, Stephen Eisenhammer, Mark Porter Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, REUTERS, Regeneration, ' Movement, Thomson Locations: Mexico, Independence, Mexico City, MEXICO, Sheinbaum

CNN —Mexico seems set to elect its first female president in next year’s election after the country’s leading parties both unveiled women candidates. Sheinbaum is a former mayor of Mexico City who has long been considered a favorite to get the nomination. Born in Mexico City in 1962, Sheinbaum has a degree in physics and a PhD in energy engineering. Senator Xóchitl Gálvez, opposition candidate for Mexico's 2024 presidential election, speaks at the Angel of Independence monument, in Mexico City, on Sunday. From 2015 to 2018, she served as the mayor of the Miguel Hidalgo borough in Mexico City.

Persons: Morena, Claudia Sheinbaum, Xóchitl Gálvez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Sheinbaum, Obrador, Gálvez, Marco Ugarte, López Obrador, …, ” Gálvez, Miguel Organizations: CNN, Sunday, Mexico City, Frente Amplio, Institutional Revolutionary Party, Twitter, PRI, National Action Party, PAN, Democratic Revolution Party, Español, Senate, Federal Locations: Mexico, Mexico City, Frente Amplio Por Mexico, Morena, Miguel Hidalgo

☆ Mexico's Sheinbaum eyes historic presidency as guardian of Lopez Obrador legacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum gestures as she speaks on the day of the announcement of the results of an internal national polling which declared Sheinbaum as the presidential candidate, in Mexico City, Mexico September 6, 2023. loadingSheinbaum and her mentor, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a trenchant critic of the establishment before he took power, would not meet until years later. On Wednesday, MORENA said Sheinbaum, who in June stood down as Mexico City mayor to pursue the nomination, would be its candidate to succeed Lopez Obrador. Lopez Obrador regularly lambasts adversaries at daily news briefings. Lopez Obrador appointed Sheinbaum city environment minister, and she became a close ally.

Persons: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Sheinbaum, Raquel Cunha, Claudia Sheinbaum, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, MORENA, Lopez Obrador, Marcelo Ebrard, Xochitl Galvez, Antonio Ocaranza, Ernesto Zedillo, Carlos Salinas, Mexico's, Salinas, Lopez, Rene Cervera, Ebrard, Cervera, Dave Graham, Diego Ore, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, REUTERS, Trade, National Regeneration, Mexico City, Reuters, Stanford University, Institutional Revolutionary Party, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Mexican, Tabasco, MORENA

☆ Mexican ruling party engulfed in presidential nomination dispute
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Ebrard's campaign has for weeks said there were problems in the national voter survey to choose a MORENA candidate, and in recent days stepped up warnings. Shortly afterward, Ebrard issued a statement saying police had prevented his representatives from entering where the party was counting the national poll ballots. In another video shared on social media, Ebrard said the situation was becoming "more and more like the PRI", or the Institutional Revolutionary Party. The main opposition alliance last week selected as its presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez, a charismatic and unconventional senator of Indigenous origin who overcame an impoverished background to become a successful entrepreneur. Reporting by Dave Graham and Adriana Barrera editing by Timothy Gardner, Cassandra Garrison and Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Marcelo Ebrard, MORENA, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Iztapalapa, Alfonso Durazo, Durazo, Ebrard, we're, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Xochitl Galvez, Lopez Obrador, Dave Graham, Adriana Barrera, Timothy Gardner, Cassandra Garrison, Josie Kao Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, MEXICO CITY, National Regeneration, Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, Tuesday, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, MORENA

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The former mayor of Mexico City will be the dominant ruling party’s presidential candidate, moving the country closer to electing its first ever female president next year. The decision driven by polls of Morena party members means that Claudia Sheinbaum will run as the party’s candidate in the June presidential election. Mexico’s constitution bars outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador from a second six-year term. Sheinbaum is a close ally of the popular López Obrador and as Morena’s candidate she will enjoy a distinct advantage in June. López Obrador had said that he would let the party faithful decide its candidate.

Persons: Morena, Claudia Sheinbaum, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Alfonso Durazo, Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, López, “, ” Sheinbaum, Ebrard, ”, Xóchitl Gálvez, Durazo, López Obrador Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Foreign, López Obrador, Sheinbaum’s, Institutional Revolutionary Party Locations: MEXICO, Mexico City, Morena, Mexico

☆ Mexican Senator Xochitl Galvez hailed as opposition candidate for 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Mexican Senator Xochitl Galvez speaks at a rally to be announced as the opposition Broad Front for Mexico 2024 presidential candidate, in Mexico City, Mexico September 3, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero Acquire Licensing RightsMEXICO CITY, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters celebrated the nomination of Mexican Senator Xochitl Galvez on Sunday as the 2024 presidential candidate of an opposition alliance set to take on the country's ruling party. Galvez, a spirited communicator who has energized the opposition, is seen as the main candidate to take on President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), which is due to announce its own candidate on Sept. 6. Supporters could be heard chanting "we are going to win" as they waved flags and banners supporting Galvez's nomination and the alliance. Representatives of the coalition, the center-right PAN, the leftist PRD and the once-powerful PRI party - which supported Galvez at the expense of its own challenger, Beatriz Paredes - had called for Galvez's nomination earlier in the week.

Persons: Xochitl Galvez, Henry Romero, Galvez, Andres Manuel Lopez, Lopez Obrador, Hector Chavez, Beatriz Paredes, Aida Pelaez, Fernandez, Cassandra Garrison, Alberto Fajardo, Liamar Ramos, Deepa Babington, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, Regeneration, Frente Amplio, PAN, PRD, PRI, Thomson Locations: Mexico, Mexico City, MEXICO

☆ Mexico Opposition Coalition Poised to Name Xóchitl Gálvez as Presidential Candidate
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Anthony Harrup | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Mexico Opposition Names Xóchitl Gálvez as Presidential Candidate
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Anthony Harrup | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Mexican opposition alliance confirms Xochitl Galvez to be named presidential candidate
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Former Mexican Senator Xochitl Galvez takes a selfie with a woman after a private event as she pursues the Frente Amplio por Mexico opposition alliance's candidacy for the 2024 presidential election, in Monterrey, Mexico, August 19, 2023. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril Acquire Licensing RightsMEXICO CITY, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Mexican senator Xochitl Galvez will on Sunday officially become the 2024 presidential candidate of an alliance of opposition parties, representatives of the alliance said on Thursday during an event. On Wednesday, Galvez effectively secured the candidacy when a key party in the alliance backed her at the expense of its own contender. read moreReporting by Lizbeth DiazOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Xochitl Galvez, Daniel Becerril, Galvez, Lizbeth Diaz Organizations: Frente Amplio, REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Sunday, Thomson Locations: Mexico, Monterrey, MEXICO

☆ Mexico’s president is on the attack. It’s political ‘gold’ for his rival
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( David Shortell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Gálvez’s remarkable ascent comes as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has levied a near-daily stream of attacks against her. The immensely popular López Obrador is barred under Mexican law from seeking re-election after completing his six-year term. However it dismissed a complaint from Gálvez that the president had violated laws against gender-based political violence. In the days since the ruling against him, López Obrador has moved between open disregard, winking half-measures, and begrudging obedience. López Obrador has sought to tie the candidate to the country’s historic ruling elite with the claims, which she has denied.

Persons: Mexico City CNN —, Xóchitl Gálvez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, López Obrador, ”, Gálvez, “ AMLO, ” Enrique Quintana, “, Carlos Bravo Regidor, López, Morena, –, Lopez Obrador, Fernando Llano, — Gálvez, El Financiero, I’m, Arturo Ramos Sobarzo, —, Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal Organizations: Mexico City CNN, Frente, El, Quarterly, Morena, Morena flagbearer, PAN, CNN, National Electoral Institute, Center for Investigation, Informatics, Mexico City’s Escuela Libre, Supreme Locations: Mexico, Mexico City

☆ Mexican president's fiery barbs fuel maverick rival's campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Neither the president's office nor Galvez, who represents the center-right National Action Party (PAN), replied to requests for comment. Lopez Obrador has sought to break this narrative by branding Galvez a millionaire, said Roy Campos, Mitofsky's director. The authority this week ordered Lopez Obrador to remain neutral and abstain from election comments. Under Fox's government, Congress in 2005 stripped Lopez Obrador of immunity from prosecution over a minor land dispute. She urged her party to avoid resorting to tactics used against Lopez Obrador in the past.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's, Xochitl Galvez, Lopez Obrador, Galvez, Alfa Gonzalez, pugnacious Lopez Obrador, Lopez, Consulta Mitofsky, Claudia Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, Roy Campos, Gabriel Islas, Beatriz Vazquez, Vicente Fox, Fox, Andres Manuel, Lorena Villavicencio, Sheinbaum, Dave Graham, Susan Heavey Organizations: Isla de, REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Party of, Democratic Revolution, Action Party, PAN, Regeneration, Mexico City, Institutional Revolutionary Party, Congress, Thomson Locations: Isla, Isla de Cedros, Mulege, Mexico, MEXICO, derailing, MORENA, Spanish, Mexican

She also accused Lopez Obrador of using "the full apparatus of the state" against her. Lopez Obrador cannot run again because Mexican law restricts presidents to a single six-year term. It is not the first time Lopez Obrador has published financial information about a political adversary. Last year, Lopez Obrador released the purported earnings of journalist Carlos Loret de Mola, a prominent critic of the president. Lopez Obrador touted the amount of business Galvez had supposedly won during a regular press conference earlier on Friday, prompting Galvez to challenge him to back up his claims.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, Xochitl Galvez, Galvez, Lopez, MORENA, Carlos Loret de Mola, Kylie Madry, Dave Graham, Will Dunham Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Twitter, Regeneration, Thomson Locations: MEXICO

☆ Maverick Mexican politician Xochitl Galvez throws hat in ring for presidency
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY, June 27 (Reuters) - Maverick Mexican politician Senator Xochitl Galvez on Tuesday said she was entering the race for the presidency in 2024 as a struggling opposition tries to claw back the initiative from President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's ruling party. Galvez, 60, made her announcement in a video posted on Twitter standing outside Lopez Obrador's office in Mexico City, injecting a dash of unpredictability to a burgeoning field of hopefuls for the election next June. Galvez contrasts her humble origins to those of the contenders of Lopez Obrador's leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), whom she says grew up with more privilege. Galvez, a trained computer engineer elected to the Senate for the center-right National Action Party, could help counter the appeal of a female MORENA candidate, analysts say. Earlier this month, she created a media stir as she stood knocking on the doors of the presidential palace in protest at being denied entry to Lopez Obrador's morning press conference, where she was planning to criticize him.

Persons: Xochitl Galvez, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's, Galvez, Lopez, Lopez Obrador, MORENA, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Dave Graham, Leslie Adler Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Maverick, Twitter, Regeneration, Mexico City Mayor, Senate, Action Party, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Maverick Mexican, Mexico City, Mexico

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