Foreign Policy: Mexico Election: Who Is Claudia Sheinbaum, Likely Next President?
14.May.2024
Most Mexicans began to seriously entertain the idea that Claudia Sheinbaum could be Mexicoâs first female president in December 2022, when her trademark slicked-back ponytail began to appear on billboards across the country. Paid for by legislators in Sheinbaumâs party, Morena, the signage was intended to make the former climate scientist and then-Mexico City mayor known nationwide.
At the time, many observers argued that Sheinbaum, now 61, lacked the charisma to replace her political patron, the wildly popular President AndrĂ©s Manuel LĂłpez Obrador; her apparent restraint contrasted with his gabby personality. LĂłpez Obrador was elected in 2018 and describes his government as carrying out the “Fourth Transformation,” a period of progressive renewal on par with just a few other periods of significant change in Mexican history.
The Fourth Transformation seeks the “eradication of neoliberalism” in Mexico. LĂłpez Obrador considers privatization and corruption to be outgrowths of deregulation in the 1980s and has called neoliberalism the “main cause of economic and social inequality [in Mexico].” The president cannot run for reelection, and Sheinbaum has become his unlikely heir apparent. Ahead of Mexico’s elections on June 2, Morena has labeled Sheinbaum the “defense coordinator of the Fourth Transformation.” She says that she will build its “second floor.”
Spoiler alert: she won.
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Staff say they were working on a tight timeline to get outdoor shelter site up and running.
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President Biden declared on Friday that he believes that the Equal Rights Amendment has met the requirements of ratification and therefore is now part of the Constitution, but he declined to order the government to finalize the process by officially publishing it.
“In keeping with my oath and duty to Constitution and country, I affirm what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: The 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their sex,” Mr. Biden said in a statement.
Apparently itâs not so simpleâŠ
Roman Zipp: No, you can’t use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That will be $5.
So Canon will not allow you to use **your own**camera on your own computer with **your own**cables the way you intent to without paying for another subscription.
Canon, what theâŠ
Roman Zipp: 2025 Edition: Best macOS Apps
frame0 is a pretty new (currently in beta) desktop app for sketching, diagrams and wireframes. Think of it a the small child of Excalidraw and Figma.
The screenshot above is my own Vim cheat sheet, btw.
Price: free
Cross-platform multi-featured drawing app for application prototypes, âFlowchart, UML diagrams (Use Case, Class), Entity-Relationship diagram[s]â, etc.
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CBC: Chrystia Freeland confirms she is running for Liberal leader
Former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland is entering the Liberal leadership race.
In a sparsely worded post on the social media platform X on Friday morning, the former cabinet minister said simply that she’s “running to fight for Canada.”
Her official campaign launch will be on Sunday, but the post provided no details of when or where it will take place.
Looks like her campaign got caught flat-footed by Mark Carneyâs announcement even though they’ve been telegraphing it for weeks!
Last Updated: 17.Jan.2025 23:58 EST
