Anonymous ID: bedd76 June 2, 2024, 4:17 p.m. No.20957536   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7547 >>7814

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-jewish-woman-leading-mexicos-presidential-race/

 

Everything you need to know about the Jewish woman leading Mexico’s presidential race

timesofisrael.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-jewish-woman-leading-mexicos-presidential-race

By Jacob Kessler and Gabe Friedman

PrimerWith a win, she'd join a short list of Jewish heads of state

 

Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum is polling double-digits ahead of her closest competitor, and will mark 2 firsts for the US neighbor if she’s successful

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum speaks to supporters during a rally before stepping down as mayor in order to run for president, in Mexico City, June 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

 

JTA — The way things stand now, Mexico is headed to elect its first woman president next year. The two leading candidates in the polls for the 2024 election are Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico City’s former mayor, and Xóchitl Gálvez, a senator representing the center-right opposition bloc.

 

The polls point to another first: Sheinbaum, currently the frontrunner, could become the country’s first Jewish president, too.

 

Earlier this month, Sheinbaum, 61, was announced as the candidate for the left-wing Morena party, which has been led by the country’s outgoing president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Since then, her momentum has only grown — a poll taken by the El Pais newspaper has 47% of voters supporting her, while Gálvez, her closest competitor, notched 30%.

 

If elected, Sheinbaum would join the ranks of the few Jews outside Israel who have been elected to their country’s highest office, including Janet Jagan of Guyana, Ricardo Maduro of Honduras, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski of Peru and Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. Sheinbaum would also likely be the first Jewish person in history to lead a country of more than 50 million people.

 

Here is a primer on Sheinbaum and how her Jewishness has become part of the campaign.

Anonymous ID: bedd76 June 2, 2024, 4:20 p.m. No.20957547   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7814

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https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/06/01/claudia-sheinbaum-mexico-presidential-election-00161081

 

Claudia Sheinbaum Will Be Mexico’s Next President. But Which Version of Her Will Govern?

politico.com/news/magazine/2024/06/01/claudia-sheinbaum-mexico-presidential-election-00161081

By ANKUSH KHARDORI

Letter From Mexico

 

She’s a pragmatist, and an ideologue. Which one will dominate?

 

The United States should have a keen interest in figuring out which side of Claudia Sheinbaum’s personality will govern her interactions with Washington. | Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images

 

José Luis Sabau is a writer and researcher based in Mexico City. He studied political science at Stanford and currently writes for El Sol de México, Excélsior, and Nexos.

 

MEXICO CITY — On virtually every corner of Mexico’s capital city, drivers encounter political activists holding signs for one or another of the country’s political parties. Colorful banners enliven the otherwise gray and white walls of the city’s office buildings. The nation is visibly preparing for its presidential election on Sunday.

 

One word dominates, on fences and bumper stickers, even in radio commercials: Morena. It is the acronym of Mexico’s current ruling party, the National Regeneration Movement, which is set to win in the upcoming election.

 

And one person dominates, as well. Next to the party’s dark red logo, Mexicans have grown accustomed to reading the phrase “Es Claudia” — “It’s Claudia” — or “Claudia Presidenta” — “President Claudia.” Those slogans refer to 61-year-old Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City and the clear favorite to occupy the nation’s highest office.