Question
As mayor of her country’s capital, this politician directed the electrification of city buses and fitted the massive Central de Abasto market with solar panels, making it the world’s biggest urban solar farm. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this environmental engineer who is the MORENA party’s candidate for her country’s 2024 presidential election. Polling puts this politician in line to defeat Xóchitl Gálvez (“SO-cheel GAHL-vayss”) and become her country’s first female president.
ANSWER: Claudia Sheinbaum (“SHANE-bowm”) [or Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo]
[10m] Sheinbaum led the effort to nationalize the mining of this element in Mexico as part of her energy policy. This element is abundant in a triangle of salt flats between Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina.
ANSWER: lithium [or Li; accept lithium-ion batteries; accept Lithium Triangle or Triángulo del Litio]
[10e] However, Sheinbaum has been silent on many of this current president’s environmentally harmful projects, like the Dos Bocas oil refinery and the Tren Maya.
ANSWER: Andrés Manuel López Obrador [or AMLO; prompt on López or Obrador]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 33% | 0% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 10 | 16.00 | 80% | 70% | 10% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |