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Mexico: Claudia Sheinbaum Elected First Woman President

Mexico: Claudia Sheinbaum Elected First Woman President

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The Facts

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  • According to official preliminary results, Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected to become Mexico's first-ever female president and replace her mentor, outgoing leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador.


The Spin

...For all its macho culture and negative biases against female leaders, Mexico has become the first country in North America to elect a woman as head of government — and her closest rival was a woman as well. Make no mistake, her election is the culmination of a gender parity framework that has been in place for decades in the country.

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