Mexican presidential frontrunner would focus on renewable energy, water

20/4/2024 6:29

        Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday said that if elected, her administration would focus on water management and renewable
        energy as part of a plan to boost the country's sustainability.
        
        Speaking at a banking event on the country's Pacific coast, Sheinbaum added that she would also focus on developing areas for nearshoring, investing in industrial parks and boosting the country's freight and passenger train networks.
        
        The candidate for the ruling MORENA party, Sheinbaum is strongly favored to win the June elections and her campaign has centered on broadly continuing the policies of current President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
        
        While Sheinbaum said she was not considering a fiscal reform, she said there was room to tweak the current regime to simplify it and to improve the government's tax take.