Claudia Sheinbaum: A “Techno-Populist” In Waiting?
Mexico's next president will aim for a more pragmatic relationship with the private sector amid mounting fiscal pressure.
“I am the one who is going to govern,” declared Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president-elect, shortly before her June election victory. But the question remains as to just how she will govern, and how she might distinguish herself from talismanic incumbent Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). A first key test will be the secondary regulations of the recently approved judicial reform that are soon to be discussed and begin their implementation this year. Given her background as a scientist focused on energy and the environment, Sheinbaum is often described as a technocrat. Many of...
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