Mexican lawmaker Xochitl Galvez, who wore an inflatable dinosaur costume to the senate last year to mock President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and prefers to navigate the chaotic capital by bicycle, is better known for her knack for political theater than policy gravitas.
Now, the senator is putting herself forward as the practical pick in next year’s presidential election, saying she wants to supercharge growth by unleashing private energy investment and attracting more business to Mexico with pragmatic economic and trade policies.
The straight-talking senator with a part-indigenous background has stood out in Mexico’s political establishment. Much of the attention sprung from her eye-catching stunts, including her unsuccessful demand to be allowed to confront Lopez Obrador during his press conferences in the presidential palace. She adopted the nickname “Ms. X” as a retort to his claim that she was a nobody.
Galvez has been talking a lot lately, and eases her throat with drops of agave syrup while complaining that her team has made her stop cycling around town for security reasons. Some say her homespun style poses a threat to Sheinbaum, a university professor from Mexico City who can come across as wooden on the campaign trail and was mocked for adopting Lopez Obrador’s manner of speech during a tour of the country’s south.
“People are looking for an opportunity to pull ahead, and for me, that opportunity is nearshoring,” she said. “It’s an opportunity that we won’t have again for many decades.” “The super peso has to do with the high interest rates in our country and it’s not entirely positive for the export industry,” she said, adding the central bank ought to cut rates from the current 11.25% to bolster private investment.
Lopez Obrador has accused Galvez of corruption in her business dealings, without providing concrete evidence, and spends hours every week railing against his conservative opponents in his daily press conferences. She is more clear about her intention to reverse Lopez Obrador’s drive to put the military at the heart of public life. Despite winning office on a campaign against the army’s human rights abuses, he has placed the armed forces or national guard in charge of everything from the country’s ports, vaccine distribution and watching over Mexico City’s metro system after a crash.
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