Mexico’s next president will almost certainly be a woman. Both the leading candidates are women and the third, a man from a smaller party, trails. That prospect has raised hope among some in Mexico’s most marginalized sectors, including Indigenous women and the country’s 2.5 million domestic workers, that their voices will be heard. One of the two women candidates offers continuity. The other promises change. Some Mexicans are hopeful that either of the leading candidates could accelerate Mexico’s hesitant and limited steps toward clean energy. Most agree that fossil fuel-loving López Obrador, who has maintained an outsized presence in the election even without appearing on the ballot, represented a step back – he built a massive new oil refinery and put clean energy producers at a disadvantage. His anointed successor, front-runner and former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has a background in climate science. With much of the country suffering under water shortages and a prolonged drought, there is a certain urgency and thirst for action. So as Mexicans are set to make history, electing Mexico’s first-ever female president, under a cloud of violence ravaging the country, FRANCE 24’s François Picard is joined by Dr. William A. Booth, Author, Historian and Lecturer in Latin American History at University College of London (UCL).
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