Mexico has now officially accomplished what many people in the United States have only dreamed of, though we came close once. Yesterday, Mexican citizens went to the polls in record numbers and elected Claudia Sheinbaum, the country’s first female president. The outcome was never really in question, at least in terms of gender because both major parties nominated a woman this year. This election is of greater interest to Americans than normal given Mexico’s proximity to the United States and its deep involvement with our immigration situation as well as the flow of drugs and human trafficking into our country. Sheinbaum will have plenty of issues awaiting her on her plate, not least of which is the ongoing situation with the cartels in her country. (NY Post)
Claudia Sheinbaum won a landslide victory to become Mexico’s first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor…
