Lawfare Daily: Former Amb. Roberta Jacobson on the Mexico Presidential Election
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🗓️ 18 June 2024
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Summary
On June 2, Mexico held one of the largest elections in its history, and the electorate voted in the country's first woman, and Jewish, president, Claudia Sheinbaum. Sheinbaum was endorsed by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who critics charge as pushing a series of anti-democratic policies including a substantial judicial overhaul.
To discuss this historic election and what President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum may do in office, Lawfare Associate Editor for Communications Anna Hickey sat down with former United States Ambassador Roberta Jacobson. They discussed the issues voters were concerned about, political violence by cartels plaguing the country, and whether Sheinbaum will follow AMLO's trajectory as a populist or chart her own path.
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| 0:28.5 | One of the big questions is how soon if ever she diverges from Amlo's policy. |
| 0:37.8 | I mean she will soon be the president. |
| 0:40.0 | He will be an ex-president. |
| 0:41.8 | But all the questions in Mexico and surrounding countries |
| 0:45.1 | these days seem to be, who's going to govern? |
| 0:48.1 | Him or her. |
| 0:49.8 | It's the Lawfare Podcast. |
| 0:51.4 | I'm Anna Hickey, associate Editor of Communications at Law Fair, with |
| 0:55.3 | Roberta Jacobson, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. |
| 0:59.7 | What is she going to announce on security, if and and something she may not announce for |
| 1:05.8 | months right do you want to announce on security before you know who's in the |
| 1:10.0 | White House because that's your security partner? Maybe not. Maybe she holds on |
| 1:14.4 | that or maybe there's pressure to do something because that was such an important |
| 1:18.2 | issue for people. Today we're talking about the recent Mexican presidential election and what the election of President-elect Claudia Scheinbaum may mean for democracy in Mexico. |
| 1:28.0 | So today you're joining us to talk about the recent elections that were in Mexico. |
| 1:32.8 | And first I just want to ask, you know, who were people voting for? |
| 1:35.4 | What were the offices that were up for election that day? |
| 1:39.0 | Yeah, it's a great question because this turns out |
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