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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum, who will be Mexico’s first woman leader in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence, captured the presidency by promising continuity. The 61-year-old former Mexico City mayor and lifelong leftist ran a disciplined campaign capitalizing on her predecessor’s popularity before emerging ...
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo[a] (born 24 June 1962) is a Mexican politician, scientist, and academic serving as the 66th president of Mexico since 2024, becoming the first woman to hold the office. [2][3][4] She previously served as Head of Government of Mexico City from 2018 to 2023.
Mexico’s first female president in more than 200 years of independence promises to protect an expanded social safety net and fight for the poor like her predecessor.
The current front-runner in Mexico’s presidential election, Claudia Sheinbaum, is on the ballot because her party’s popular president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, must step aside.
Here are five key insights into Mexico’s new president as people wonder whether she will diverge from Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s policies or focus on cementing his legacy.
Updated 12:14 AM PST, October 2, 2024. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in Tuesday as Mexico’s first female president, riding the enthusiasm over her predecessor’s social programs but also facing challenges that include stubbornly high levels of violence.
The 61-year-old is set to replace the outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, her longtime ally whose social welfare programs lifted many Mexicans out of poverty, making their...
MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist who jumped from academia to the rocky world of politics, took office Tuesday as Mexico’s first female president.
MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, takes office on Tuesday as Mexico’s 66th president and its first female leader.
Mexico has a new president. Claudia Sheinbaum took the oath of office today and became modern Mexico's first ever female head of state. She assumes power with strong popular support and majority power in the Congress. But the former environmental scientist will also have a lot of challenges, including with Mexico's largest trading partner ...