Mexico’s new President Claudia Sheinbaum started her day Wednesday much like her political mentor, ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, began most of his: with an early morning news briefing from the National Palace.
López Obrador’s news briefings, known as the “mañaneras,” were marathon affairs, featuring folksy dialogue, verbal jousting with the press, and, frequently, long history lessons. His oratorical skills turned his 2 1/2-hour-long daily mañaneras into a powerful political weapon.
Sheinbaum kept her morning briefing shorter, less combative, and more concise, in keeping with her character as a scientist and academic.
She said she would keep some of her predecessor’s fixtures like a weekly segment attacking what she called media “lies” about the government. The new president also continued a diplomatic dispute with Spain — which has refused to apologize for abuses during the 1500s conquest of Mexico — that many thought she would try to defuse.
Sheinbaum also continued López Obrador’s efforts to downplay drug cartel violence in the northern state of Sinaloa, saying it was not among the states with the highest number of murders this week.
It’s no surprise that Sheinbaum decided to continue with the successful formula of her mentor — she has promised to continue virtually everything he did. She will hope to set the press’s daily agenda just as López Obrador did throughout his presidency.
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