Mexican Presidential Candidate Galvez Readies for a Must-Win Debate

  • Mexican opposition parties’ candidate is far behind in polls
  • Change of strategy could help in second debate on Sunday

Xochitl Galvez 

Photographer: Stephania Corpi/Bloomberg
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Mexico’s opposition presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez is running out of opportunities to mount a serious challenge against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s anointed successor, trailing by a wide margin in polling just five weeks before election day.

On Sunday, in the second of three debates against frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum, she’ll look to mount a comeback.