New York celebrate Mexico's first female president

>>> MEXICO HAS ELECTED A FEMALE PRESIDENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, WHO IS ALSO JEWISH. CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM WON IN A LANDSLIDE WITH 60% OF THE VOTE. >> THOUSANDS VOTED AND MANY CELEBRATED IN NEW YORK. TONY AIELLO REPORTS . >> I AM SO HAPPY. I WAS WATCHING TV MAKING SURE THAT CLAUDIA GOT TO GIVE HER SPEECH. >> Reporter: THE SPEECH CAME AT 3:00 MONDAY MORNING. CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM, SCIENTIST TURNED POLITICIAN, DECLARING VICTORY IN THE MEXICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. HISPANIC LEADER MARTHA LOPEZ, A NATIVE OF MEXICO SUPPORTED CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM STRONGLY . >> TO SEE THAT A WOMAN GETS ELECTED BECAUSE SHE IS SMART AND CAPABLE TO DO A REALLY WONDERFUL JOB, IT MAKES ME EVEN PROUDER. >> Reporter: NEW YORK AND OTHER CITIES WITH MEXICAN CONSULATES SAW LONG LINES OF VOTERS. TURNOUT WAS HISTORIC. THE MARINA PARTY ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR FOUNDED A DECADE AGO, NOW THE STRONGEST IN MEXICO . >> THEY VOTED BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT THE CHANGE THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS GOOD. >> Reporter: WOMEN IN MEXICO WON THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN 1953. THE ELECTION SPEAKS TO DRAMATIC CHANGE IN A COUNTRY WITH A HISTORY OF MACHISMO AND PATRIARCHY. THE OWNER OF THE ACCLAIMED LAW KENYATTA BAKERY IS PROUD MEXICO BEAT ITS NORTH AMERICAN NEIGHBORS, THE U.S. AND CANADA, AS FIRST TO ELECT A FEMALE LEADER. >> I THINK IT OPENS A DOOR FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUNG WOMEN HERE EVEN IN THE UNITED STATES. I THINK THAT THEY FEEL THAT THE DREAM IS REACHABLE SO IT IS A VERY EXCITING MOMENT. >> Reporter: MEXICO, ONE OF THE MOST CATHOLIC OF NATIONS MADE HISTORY ON ANOTHER FRONT. CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM IS THE FIRST JEWISH PERSON TO LEAD A NATION. TONY AIELLO, CBS 2

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Length: 2min 19sec (139 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 03 2024