Mexico’s opposition names a formidable candidate for 2024 election. But can she win? | Opinion

 

Mexico’s opposition names a formidable candidate for 2024 election. But can she win? | Opinion

Sen. Xóchitl Gálvez’s nomination as the opposition coalition’s candidate who will challenge the leftist populist ruling Morena party in 2024 is fantastic news for Mexico. She is a formidable candidate, who will lift the hopes of millions who want to get the country out of its current stagnation.

Galvez, a centrist who became a business leader and politician — after being born into poverty and a mostly indigenous family — was declared the winner of an internal poll among presidential hopefuls of Mexico’s three largest opposition parties on Aug. 30.

As I found when I interviewed her recently, she has the great advantage of not being a traditional politician. Although formally a member of the center-right National Action Party (PAN,) she never belonged to the PAN hierarchy and won the opposition primary by running against candidates who were backed by her party’s leaders.

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