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Mexico: What challenges await President Claudia Sheinbaum?

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Alex Forrest Whiting
October 1, 2024

After her landslide victory in June, left-wing Claudia Sheinbaum takes office as Mexico's first female president. The former mayor of Mexico City is a staunch ally of outgoing leftist populist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

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