Claudia Sheinbaum: Technocrat or True Believer?
Mexico City's mayor is an early favorite to succeed AMLO as president. An extended fight over energy reform sheds light on how she'd govern.
MEXICO CITY – Most experts agree that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's proposed reform of Mexico's energy sector will delay its transition to cleaner fuels. Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico City's environmental scientist-turned-mayor, is not among them. For now, congressional opposition and horse-trading have stalled López Obrador's attempt to return state producer CFE to the center of Mexico's energy industry. But in the administration's ongoing sales pitch, Sheinbaum remains a central — and credible — figure. The 59-year-old was part of an IPCC climate change panel that won...
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