Claudian Sheinbaum – The Mexican President

financialexpress.com:

As Mexico votes for a new President, it has become clear that the Mexican voters have decided that they want a Scientist, Engineer, and the former mayor of Mexico City who also happens to be Jewish and a woman to become the new President. The combination of such adjectives is seldom seen in politicians especially when they are all being used to describe just one person. Claudia Sheinbaum, a name that gives away her Jewish and European roots, is all set to become the Mexican President as Mexico votes for over 20,000 seats. Claudia much like her opponent, Xochitcl Galvez; a former senator and an entrepreneur both encouraged the voters to exercise their voting rights.

It has been clear for some time that the front runner in these elections was Claudia Sheinbaum. She has been a protégé of Lopez Obrador, the President of Mexico also fondly known as AMLO and belongs to the same coalition of parties called Morena. I had previously mentioned that Latin America tends to practice its own kind of anti – incumbency. AMLO had come up with a 20-point reformation plan earlier this year and Sheinbaum plans to continue with it once she comes into power. Her opponent had mentioned that if the plan was to see the light of Day it would pose serious threats to the democratic processes of the country. However, it seems that the populist policies of AMLO and the promises and rhetoric by Sheinbaum are working in her favour.

This election has been adequately marked by unprecedented events. Both the leading candidates are women. While one is of a Jewish lineage, the other belongs to the indigenous communities of Mexico. The one thing that has shocked the world was the possibility that has now become a reality; a woman President for a country as