To truly appreciate the recent decision by Ireland,
Spain and Norway to recognize the state of Palestine, the subject has to be
placed in proper context.
Leftist Claudia Sheinbaum, a close ally of popular
outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, won Mexico’s presidential
election in a landslide on Sunday, with an official tally showing her leading
right-wing opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez by nearly 30 percentage points.