Why Some People Are Concerned After Claudia Sheinbaum Won The Presidential Election In Mexico

I have spoken to one or two members of the Forbes Global audience someone who lives in Mexico and when you talk about that Legacy this person said to me that Mexican citizens that she's around are feeling a great deal of uncertainty and are very worried I think in part because of the large majority that Shin bomb's party holds right now but what have you've been hearing are are people concerned and do these concerns resonate with you well you know it's a divided country um but I think what you do see in the election results is that there's a strong majority that likes the direction that Lopez oor is Tak in the country you know for good or for real um what is disconcerting I think to the minority of opposition supporters or of Lopez oor and Shan bomb critics is that uh the political party of Lopez oor and Shane bomb has grown so quickly that they argue that it's not leaving space for many other uh checks and balances for for other political parties that might balance things out um I think it's going to be a really tough road ahead for critics of this government this party uh because unfortunately their political parties lost a lot of credibility they're almost going to start to have to build from the bottom up uh I think connecting at the Grassroots with those who've been disadvantaged by Lopez os's policies uh and it'll probably take a really long time um so you know the critics I think they have some they have some real concerns they have some value concerns but we have to recognize after this election uh they are firmly in the minority indeed the numbers are strongly in Shane bomb's favor now we talked about the historic nature of the fact that she is a woman but she is also the first Jewish person to be elected president of Mexico this is a country that is according to the most recent statistics on the matter 78% Roman Catholic will do you know is she the first Jewish president of a majority Catholic country you know I think that she might be uh you also have the case of Hal m in Argentina who's converted to Judaism recently um but uh but to as far as I'm aware in terms of having you know a deep family history in that tradition Shane bomb would be the first in Latin America now um it is I think important to note that she uh she's considers herself secular um you know her family were refugees from Eastern Europe uh both for their religious identity and their their political views uh and she grew up in a secular household so on the campaign Trail she's emphasized uh shared values among Mexicans including that Catholic Heritage uh so it hasn't been I would say a major talking point or theme in the campaign here except for a few very ugly attacks you saw um you know alleging that she was not Mexican enough uh by some of her by some of her critics so is there significance for the Jewish people of Mexico or even Beyond in her election do you think you know I'm sure I'm sure there is I think that it shows that in Latin America RIT large we're seeing an increasingly diverse people uh pool of people holding office uh keep in mind that um it's it's extremely significant that Mexico elected its first woman president but this is following in the path of Brazil of Chile of Argentina of Costa Rica uh this is uh a world region that leads for instance the US and parts of Europe by quite a bit when it comes to women's representation in politics and um you know also you're seeing increasingly indigenous people and Indigenous political parties uh elected um you know a number of different groups that weren't traditionally uh didn't traditionally tend to hold power uh have uh you know tended to see their representation expand uh because of democracy so I think that that's one thing which we can point to as a real advance and as as honestly a strong point for Latin America even as we're all aware of the many other challenges this region faces from slow economic growth to organized criminal violence

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Published: Wed Jun 05 2024