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President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum choses a reporter at the early morning daily press briefing, at the National Palace in Mexico City, June 10, 2024
CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM is set to be sworn in as Mexico’s first female president today after more than 200 years of independence.
She romped to victory in June with nearly 60 per cent of the vote, propelled by the sustained popularity of her political mentor and predecessor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, widely known as Amlo.
He took office six years ago, declaring that he would rule “for the good of all, first the poor,” and promising a historic shift away from the neoliberal economic policies of past presidents.
DAVID RABY explains the background of the recent upheavals in Mexico
DAVID RABY reports on the progressive administration in Mexico, which continues to overcome far-left wreckers on the edges of a teaching union, the murderous violence of the cartels, the ploys of the traditional right wing, and Trump’s provocations
