FOR THE 1ST TIME IN MEXICAN HISTORY A WOMAN HAS BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT. 61 YEAR OLD CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM HAS WON AND DEFEATED HER OPPONENTS.
SHEINBAUM IS AN ENVIROMENTAL SCIENTIST WHO ALSO STUDIED AT BERKELEY UNIVERSITY IN THE USA. SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN MEXICAN POLITICS SINCE 2000 AND WAS ONCE MAYOR OF MEXICO CITY.
THESE ELECTIONS IN MEXICO WERE ALSO HISTORIC BECAUSE THE 2 LEADING CANDIDATES WERE BOTH WOMEN. THE CANDIDATE RUNNING AGAINST CLAUDIA WAS 61 YEAR OLD XOCHITL GALVEZ
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TAINTING THE ELECTION WERE THE NUMBER OF POLITICAL KILLINGS THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR. SINCE JANUARY 2024 AT LEAST 20 POLITICAL CANDIDATES WERE KILLED IN MEXICO. MOST OF THESE KILLINGS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRUG CARTELS AND CORRUPTION IN MEXICO. SOME OF THESE CANDIDATES KILLED WERE ALSO WOMEN.
CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM WAS GIVEN AN ADVANDTAGE BECAUSE OF HER CLOSENESS TO CURRENT PRESIDENT ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR AKA AMLO. PRESIDENT AMLO IS STILL VERY POPULAR IN MEXICO BECAUSE OF HIS SOCIAL PROGRAMS FOR POOR PEOPLE. AT THE SAME TIME MURDERS HAVE INCREASED DURING HIS PRESIDENCY INCLUDING JOURNALISTS IN MEXICO.
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AMLO HAS DECIDED TO NOT COMBAT THE CARTELS OF MEXICO. IT IS UNKOWN IF CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM WILL DIFFER IN ANY WAY FROM HER MENTOR. MANY WOMEN IN MEXICO ARE COUNTING ON CLAUDIA TO BE A VOICE FOR WOMEN IN A COUNTRY WITH A HISTORY OF SEXISM AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.
CLAUDIA IS FLUENT IN ENGLISH WHICH WILL GIVE HER AN ADVANTAGE IN COMMUNICATING WITH THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLE IN THE USA.
MEXICO NOW JOINS OTHER COUNTRIES SUCH AS CHILE, NICARAGUA, HONDURAS, COSTA RICA, PANAMA, ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, PERU, BOLIVIA, JAMAICA, BARBADOS, AND CANADA IN HAVING A FEMALE LEADER.
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