Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters at a campaign rally in Mexico City this month. CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM Frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum, 61, a scientist, academic and former mayor of Mexico City, is widely viewed as López Obrador’s handpicked successor. but M of mujer.” Presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez waves to supporters at a campaign event in Huixquilucán, México, just outside Mexico …
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s leading presidential candidate repeatedly touted the social programs of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and walked a fine line between supporting the national oil company and promising a clean energy transition in the second debate Sunday night ahead of the June 2 election. He said that despite the social spending of the current administration, young …
MEXICO CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed sadness and worry at the news that Bishop Rolando Álvarez, an outspoken critic of the Nicaraguan government, had been sentenced to 26 years in prison. That concern was also echoed in Nicaragua’s capital, when Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes said someone had asked him what they could do for Álvarez. “Pray that the Lord …
