A New President in Mexico

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Issue Sep 25-Oct 01 2024: On October 1, 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum took the oath of office as Mexico’s first female president, replacing her popular predecessor and political mentor Andrés Manuel López Obrador as head of state for the world’s largest Spanish-speaking country. Sheinbaum, a leftist and former Mayor of Mexico City, has a PhD in energy engineering and proclaims a firm reliance on science. She also inherits a country plagued by gang violence and dogged by economic uncertainty over controversial reforms passed by her powerful ruling party, MORENA. Critics warn of AMLO’s continued and powerful influence from the shadows, while also lamenting the weakening of Mexican democracy. Editorialists and pundits were more than ready to offer their perspectives.

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