Mexico election: Claudia Sheinbaum named country's first woman president | BBC News

history has been made in Mexico Claudia shanam has been elected as the country's first everever female president she told supporters she would not fail the Mexican people and vowed to reduce violence and improve the lives of women in a country where one of the world's highest rates of femicide huge celebrations in Mexico City main zoko the square there miss Shan bam will replace her Mentor the outgoing president andrees Manuel Lopez orador on the 1st of October well ground is there for us a genuine moment of history in Mexico in a nation where women only got the vote in the 1950s Claudia shambe bound becomes the first woman to break centuries of male domination over the Mexican presidency shattering the glass ceiling for generations of women to come for the first time in 200 years women have reached the presidency she told her jubilant supporters in the capital's main plaza it's historic completely it's for the women who are no longer with us and those who are still fighting not just in the political Arena but in any way where we have conviction as women to see someone who comes from the fight at the bottom to the presidency it's so emotional for me it's marvelous in a nation of such entrenched match shiso what Claudia Shane Bal has achieved here is no small feat other women have tried and failed but her offer of continuity with a governing party's social policies which have pulled Millions from poverty have proved hugely popular with the election her critics in particular her opponent in this vote such Gales are left deeply frustrated especially by the huge margin of Victory they say her Mentor president Andres Manuel Lopez obrador is a popular and an authoritarian and that Miss Shane bound will govern as his puppet something she denies this election has been historic for all the wrong reasons too it's been Mexico's most violent campaign in living memory dozens of candidates threatened and murdered one of them was the candidate for mayor of kyuka the bonitz Alfredo Cabrera shot in the back of the head by a gunman at his closing rally his murder was a sign of the huge security task facing the Sham bound a staggering 11 women and girls are killed every day in Mexico and her critics fear she isn't up to the task of tackling the problem if Shane bound wins I think the militarization will continue increasing they will keep on having ever so more power power you know both the military and the Narco because they have been together for decades for now her supporters are celebrating having made history once the party ends most voters want the president elect to prioritize drug cartel crime over all other issues in her Inay Claudia Shane Bam inherits a nation Meed in violence her challenge now will be to succeed where so many men before her have failed will grant BBC News Mexico City Vanessa Rubio Marquez served as Deputy finance minister of Mexico and I asked for her Reflections on the historic moment for the country definitely these is a huge historic milestone in Mexico for women of course but not only for my generation but for their generation of my grandmother my mother it's been only 71 years since women were granted the right to vote in Mexico we have had 20 women holding governorships in Mexico I myself was the first Deputy Minister of Finance in the country in 2016 so we have been moving forward but still it's a lot in in our way to find a parity at the end but yes this is a huge milestone she's Incredibly Close to the outgoing president andrees Manuel Lopez orador how will she be different from him though I think Mexico has a very strong presidency a very strong presidential regime so I think she will be her own figure but is yet to be seen where she stands in very crucial issues such as the definition of the the Democratic foundations of the country H the relationship with the legislative and independent H Judiciary how will she come along with h this militarization of the country over the last five years not only security matters but the military now control the customs and have built a Refinery and have built a an airport and own an airline so so that's a key issue to to Define moving forward and also very key policies such as public finances were running the largest public deficit this year over the last 35 years H what the the new energy Matrix and the new energy policy will be and also a series of elements in relation to competitiveness of the Mexican economy Visa the near Shoring expectation effect and our special relationship with the US to which we're the first trading partner and the First Source of of imports a lot to pick up on there Vanessa but how would you say she defines herself when it comes to her relationship with uh the private sector is she Pro business she has said so she actually today said said it so and and give a huge emphasis to to having a good relationship with the private sector because I think it needs to be understood that is not the public sector who creates employment is the private sector and that you need the private sector as allies for development and as allies in particular for specific sectors such as energy such as infrastructure and many others so so we hope she moves forward in this direction which is key for the competitiveness and for productivity on the of the country Vanessa we were listing some of her impressive credentials I wonder if you think that that influences the way she thinks the fact that she is a scientist I think that will tell a lot and and and she would have a a challenge to move from ideology to pragmatism to a more rational perspective of government and most importantly to an Effective Government because this is exactly what Mexicans want Mexicans want their problems resolved they want to live in a more peaceful country they want to end up violence they want to have employment they want to be competitive they want to have access to to health and to Social Security and to education so the more practical H way in which she addresses the most challenging and pressing challenges for the Mexican Society I think is going to determine her presidency

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Published: Mon Jun 03 2024