“A few months back, I admitted in print that I hadn’t voted for President Claudia Sheinbaum or her party, yet found myself — rather unexpectedly — moved by the promise of her early months in office. There was something genuinely hopeful in the way she handled Washington’s overtures, how she and federal Security Minister Omar Harfuch grappled with the crime organizations, how she made bold efforts to attract foreign investment and, not least, appointed a self-declared feminist cabinet.”
María Meléndez, Writer
María Melendez explains why she had hope in a Mexico under Claudia Sheinbaum and how that hope is fading amid Sheinbaum’s polarizing reactions to citizen outcry for security and justice.
Even the president of Mexico is not immune to inappropriate groping, and by choosing to press charges, she’s put the justice system (and male entitlement) on trial.
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Five days after “Gen Z” protesters attacked police in the Zócalo, Sheinbaum condemned the normalization of violence before the annual military-civic parade.
