Presidential candidates sign a “Commitment for Peace” with catholic church leaders, Sheinbaum reluctant

On Monday, March 11th, Mexico’s presidential candidates signed a commitment for peace with Catholic Church leaders that proposes strategies to reduce the violence in the country. During the meeting led by the Episcopal Conference of Mexico, presidential front-runner and ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum said she would be open to dialogue but didn’t accept several […]

Xochitl Galvez considers reviving Texcoco Airport shut down by AMLO

Mexico’s presidential candidate for the main opposition coalition, Xochitl Galvez, said Monday that she’s crunching numbers to determine whether to complete the project for an international Mexico City airport that was scrapped by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in favor of a military-built facility. Days after the formal launch of her campaign, Galvez said […]

Claudia Sheinbaum is 21 points ahead of Xochitl Galvez according to polls

Claudia Sheinbaum, the presidential candidate of Mexico’s ruling party, extended her lead over rival Xochitl Galvez in two recent opinion polls for the 2024 election. In a survey by Reforma newspaper carried out in November and published on Tuesday, Sheinbaum came in 21 percentage points ahead of Galvez, compared with 17 points in the outlet’s […]