Mexico elects Sheinbaum as first woman president

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  Ms Sheinbaum will replace her mentor, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on 1 October.

  Prior to running for president, Ms Sheinbaum was mayor of Mexico City, one of the most influential political positions in the country and one that is seen as paving the way for the presidency.Ms Sheinbaum, whose Jewish maternal grandparents immigrated to Mexico from Bulgaria fleeing the Nazis, had an illustrious career as a scientist before delving into politics.

  That experience and her student activism eventually earned her the position of secretary of the environment for Mexico City at the time when Andrés Manuel López Obrador was mayor of the capital.

  Thank God that has changed and I get to live it," she told Reuters news agency, referring to the fact that women were only allowed to vote in national elections in 1953.

  She has said that it is important to tackle what she says are the roots of the violence and has promised to invest in welfare programmes to prevent poor young Mexicans from being recruited by criminal groups.On relations with Mexico’s northern neighbour, the United States, which at times have been testy under her predecessor in office, she said she would ensure there would be “a relationship of friendship, mutual respect and equality”.

  But in a reference to the many Mexicans living and working in the US, she promised to "always defend the Mexicans who are on the other side of the border”.Relations between the US and Mexico suffered under Mr López Obrador, who has been in power since 2018.The outspoken leader was barred from running for a second term under Mexico’s constitution, which limits presidents to a single six-year-term.He threw his weight behind Ms Sheinbaum instead.

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