Mexico's Sheinbaum's Approval Hits 82% Amid Contentious U.S. Trade Negotiations

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Analysis-MEXICO CITY — Two very different moments characterize Mexico's modern history: that of former president, the popular and populist, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO); and that of his successor, the more sober Claudia Sheinbaum. For the latest news & views from every corner of the world, Worldcrunch Today is the only truly international newsletter. Sign up here. Although they both come from the socialist National Regeneration Movement (…

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Mexicans have heaped massive praise on their president, Claudia Sheinbaum, for her negotiations against an increasingly frenzied and unpredictable Donald Trump.  She drew hundreds of thousands to Mexico City’s central square — Zócalo — on March 9 to rally for national sovereignty after Trump agreed to delay U.S. import tariffs on the country. And she is admired worldwide as well. Trump has credited Sheinbaum’s response to his demands on drug and…

Mexico's Sheinbaum's Approval Hits 82% Amid Contentious U.S. Trade Negotiations

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has reached an 82% approval rating six months into her term, according to a national survey conducted by polling firm Enkoll. The poll, which interviewed 1,202 adults between March 20-23, reveals broad support for her handling of escalating tensions with the U.S., even as former President Donald Trump threatens crippling tariffs. […]

Trump’s return to the White House is being an earthquake that is shaking the international board every recently. The tycoon has Mexico among his favorite targets, accusing him of being the back door of Chinese imports, of not containing the migration that crosses the Rio Bravo and of flooding its streets of fentanyl, the potent opioid that has caused a deadly epidemic in the United States, growing fattening the ogre of organized crime. As punish…

The world is moving to the right? Not in Mexico, where President Sheinbaum is extremely popular because of her party's economic and social policy. Her dealings with U.S. counterpart Trump and his customs volts have given her additional impetus in office for the first few months, but the politics of this important neighbour already have an impact.

The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, reached a citizen approval rate of 83%, achieving six months of a good run in the perception of her government, which began last October, according to a poll published by the local newspaper 'El Financiero'.