Mexico prepares for historical presidential election

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>> OLIVIA, THANK YOU.>>> VOTERS IN MEXICO HEAD TO THE POLLS ON SUNDAY, IN WHAT COULD BECOME A HISTORIC ELECTION. >> RIGHT NOW, TWO WOMEN ARE LEADING THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST. THE NATION HAS 20,000 CONGRESSIONAL POSITIONS UP FOR GRABS.>> OUR CONTRIBUTOR JOINS US FROM MEXICO CITY. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. IN THIS CASE, IT'S AN INTERESTING STORY, VOTERS IN MEXICO COULD POTENTIALLY ELECT THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS? >> LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, IT'S A HISTORIC ELECTION, IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT TWO WOMEN ARE LEADING THE POLLS. THERE'S A BIG POSSIBILITY THAT ONE OF THEM WILL BECOME PRESIDENT ON SUNDAY NIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO ELECT OVER 20,000 PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THIS ELECTION, THE BIGGEST, THE LARGEST EVER ORGANIZED, WE ARE COUNTING ON 20 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA. SHE IS A DAUGHTER OF SCIENTISTS, A PHD, SHE IS ALSO MARRIED TO A SCIENTIST. I THINK THIS INFORMS HER APPROACH TO POLITICS. ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU HAVE THE SENATOR FROM THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY. SHE HAD A POLITICAL TRAJECTORY LINKED TO THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN MEXICO, WITH INDIGENOUS ROOTS COMING FROM A MODEST BACKGROUND, MAKING A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAREER, NOT JUST IN POLITICS, BUT ALSO AS A BUSINESSWOMAN.>> THE CURRENT PRESIDENT DOES ENJOY POPULARITY, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN HIS PROTIGI IS A SHOE IN, RIGHT?>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. HE ENJOYS UNPRECEDENTED POPULARITY. MORE THAN THAT, HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO TRANSLATE THAT INTO POPULARITY FOR THE LEADING CANDIDATE. EVERY PRESIDENT IN MEXICO, EVERY PRESIDENT EVERYWHERE DREAMS OF HAVING POWER BEYOND THEIR OWN TERM. THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE, TRANSACTIONAL POWER, WE HAVE SIX YEAR RESIDENTIAL. HERE IN MEXICO. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON SUNDAY, SOME OF THIS POPULARITY IS PASSED ON.>> LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ISSUES, THE ECONOMY IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR ISSUE, BUT ALSO, THE ONGOING VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH YOU HAVE REPORTED ON EXTENSIVELY. THIS LAST MONTH, MASKED MEN STOPPED A CAR AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO DELIVER A SPEECH ABOUT VIOLENCE. TALK TO US ABOUT WHETHER THIS CYCLE HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY MORE VIOLENT, PAR FOR THE COURSE, WHAT'S GOING ON?>> STATISTICS FROM THINK TANKS SAY POLITICAL VIOLENCE HAS INCREASED IN COMPARISON TO OTHER ELECTION PROCESSES HERE IN MEXICO, JUST YESTERDAY, A CANDIDATE FOR A LOCAL OFFICE WAS MURDERED, IT WAS RECORDED ON CAMERA. THERE WERE 44 CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN MURDERED, HERE IN MEXICO, DURING THIS PROCESS, BUT HUNDREDS MORE HAVE BEEN INTIMIDATED, NOT JUST BY CRIMINAL GROUPS, BUT POLITICAL GROUPS, LOCAL POLITICAL INTERESTS. THE GENERALIZE CONTEXT OF VIOLENCE HERE IN MEXICO HAS SPREAD TO THE CAMPAIGN, AND IT HAS IMPACTED THE ELECTION, WITHOU
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Channel: CBS News
Views: 14,078
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Keywords: mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, xochitl galvez, jorge alvarez maynez, presidential election, presidente, Mexico, CBS News, World
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Length: 4min 17sec (257 seconds)
Published: Thu May 30 2024
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