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Left-winger Sheinbaum becomes Mexico's first female president after winning by a landslide
President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum waves to supporters at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, after the National Electoral Institute announced she held an irreversible lead in the election, June 3, 2024

CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM will become Mexico’s first female president after winning last week’s election by a landslide, official results showed today.

Ms Sheinbaum, a leftwinger who is the favoured successor of outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador — widely known as Amlo — vowed to continue in the direction set by the still very popular incumbent. Nonetheless, she offers a sharp break from Mexico’s male-dominated political culture.

“I promise that I am not going to let you down,” she told a crowd of supporters in Mexico City’s main square, the Zocalo.

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