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Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters at her closing campaign rally at the Zocalo in Mexico City, May 29, 2024
CAMPAIGNING has ended for Mexico’s general election this Sunday — but closing rallies were darkened by attacks on candidates and the country’s persistently high homicide rate.
Opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez started her last campaign rallies early Wednesday on the outskirts of Mexico City, and she focused her attacks on outgoing socialist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s “hugs not bullets” policy on dealing with drug cartels.
Ms Galvez is facing the candidate of Amlo’s Morena party, former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum.
DAVID RABY explains the background of the recent upheavals in Mexico
A November 15 protest in Mexico – driven by a right-wing social-media operation – has been miscast as a mass uprising against President Sheinbaum. In reality, the march was small, elite-backed and part of a wider attempt to sow unrest, argues DAVID RABY
