As a child, she sold street tamales; a senator now, she’s shaking up Mexico’s presidential race.
Despite her slim chances, Xóchitl Gálvez seems to have shaken the president so badly that he’s been insulting her almost daily during his morning briefings. | Fernando Llano/AP Photo
The opposition senator comfortably sits in the national spotlight nearly a year ahead of the June 2, 2024 national election.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
07/22/2023 01:37 PM EDT
MEXICO CITY — A street-food salesgirl who became a tech entrepreneur and senator is shaking up the contest to succeed Mexico’s popular president and offering many voters the first real alternative to her country’s dominant party.
Xóchitl Gálvez, 60, helped her family as a girl by selling tamales on the street. Today the straight-talking opposition senator is a long shot against Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party, which holds Congress and 22 of Mexico’s 32 states.