Claudia Sheinbaum: How Mexican Women’s Movement Paved the Way for Election of First Female President

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In a historic election, Claudia Sheinbaum has become the first woman elected president of Mexico. Sheinbaum is a climate scientist, former mayor of Mexico City and close ally of sitting president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. "She owes a lot to women's movements in Mexico," says Laura Carlsen, director of MIRA: Feminisms and Democracies. "This is more than a symbolic victory. What it means is that there's an example for younger women that women can be leaders." Carlsen says feminist movements are hopeful Sheinbaum's administration will take on Mexico's high rates of gender-based violence and femicide. Meanwhile, to the north, President Biden is signing an executive order today that would temporarily shut down the U.S.-Mexico border after asylum requests made by migrants surpass 2,500 a day, and Mexico's cooperation will be key in enforcing the measure.

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DemocracyNow
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Congrats Mexico !! I live in the US...but I'm happy for your country making this decision...I'll bet she's goin to be GREAT 👍🤗🥳

jodigrady
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It is interesting how the global press guideline is the same all talking about crime in Mexico all the time, french media, british media, canadian media, german and USA media. I never heard the press talking about the amount of people dying of drug addiction in the USA, about gunshots which includes women.

miguelcamacho
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This is an interesting fact: more men voted in favor of the new president than women. I was a poll president in Tijuana, the MORENA party simply swept the elections.

gloriarascon
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She ran on a platform to continue uplifting working-class people and keeping the privatization of Mexican resources and oligarchs in check. She earned her credibility as a climate scientist and mayor of Mexico City, as well as the endorsement of the successful and achieving left-wing Morena party. It is strange that the emphasis here is on gender and virtually no mention of plutocrats, neoliberalism, and colonialism.

scituate
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You people are talking about something you definitely do not understand and probably never will, México for centuries was affected by invasive policies dictated by the US but the main treaty that was dictated by Washington expired two years ago, the infamous “Bucareli treaty” that had many clauses that affected negatively the advencenmen so Mexico’s industry

mrz
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The interviewed woman is more conservative than liberal. Most of the images they showed were the bad situations that occurred against the current government. She didn't show all the reasons why people love the current president, his projects, his programs, the billions saved and invested in Mexico due to Fighting corruption. Also the county recovered autonomy from the USA regarding the national oil and the energy from Spain.
There is a lot of bias in this interview.

veronicacabrerapomona
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Congratulations Mexico 🇲🇽 !
Hopefully Mrs. Sheimbaum will never have to deal with chauvinistic heads of state like the previous White House Boss !

vistazo
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Note: most candidate assasinations were targeted against Morena candidates.

MISCHIVUS
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Dear Amy, in Mexico there is a complete separation between political and religious power, no Mexican President swears on the Bible or say “so help me god” so we don’t care about the religion of Claudia Sheinbaum be sure that your comment offend us. Carlsen is wrong, as important as feminist movement is that is not reason she won. She won because she will continue AMLO transformation movement. You and Carlsen don’t understand Mexico, rather you sound like typical “gringas”, sorry to say.

mariaelenacastro
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It should be said that only because something is a hot issue in the US, doesn't mean it's a hot issue everywhere. The fact that she is of Jewish descent, that she is a woman or what her views on immigration are, seem to be a way bigger deal for Americans than for Mexicans. She has not detailed her policy regarding immigration, simply because she was addressing the issues that Mexicans care about and immigration is not one of them. Far more interesting are her socio-economic and environmental policies, but those get little if any coverage in international MSM.

eomguel
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It never fails to hear hateful comments when it comes to events in Mexico. The litany of issues highlighted concerning drug cartels and so on. Of course, there are gross omissions such as Mexico's growing democracy, economy, and overall improving welfare of everyday Mexicans. Fortunately, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans, are becoming less interested in hate and more focused on moving on up trough hard work. I did not vote for Claudia Sheinbaum yet it never crossed my mind to join an angry mob to burn the presidential palace, nor I did something similar in 2021 at the US Capitol.

Truelat
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Mexico deserves the best of the best I hope she is good for Mexico only time will tell

Mavi-demv
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Wait 38 candidates assasinated, whats the follow up information to that. Who is guilty and who is conspiring? What party were the candidates a part of? That is far more important than a woman being president...

AladdinPop
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¡ I am super happy for this victory ! 🎉 Let’s move on Claudia: you are beautiful, humble, well prepared, experienced, courageous and intelligent… 💪🇲🇽🌟

rebeca
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As a Central American, I'm so happy and proud for MX. Hopefully this will help prevent Femnicide and disappearances throughout MX and Central America.

pcarebear
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As a mexican citizen living in the USA, I can tell you this, the USA wish to have a president like AMLO, and our elected president Claudia Sheinbaum, what is happening in Mexico is a 4rd transformation, the moment that you only live every 100 years, the change is coming for the whole American Continent, and for the good of the people you the press need to start telling the whole story and the real truth to your viewers. Peace out✌🏼😃

AlejandroMaRdz
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Soy mexicana y voté por morena mi presidente es Claudia Chambao viva México viva Andrés Manuel López Obrador y Claudia Sheinbaum nuestra presidenta nuestro México lindo y querido te amo❤❤❤

MariaMendez-cohd
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As a woman, i say WHO CARES what gender she is. Only merit & dedication to Mexican people is important. Her name sure doesn't sound Mexican...

rdbt
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Mexico traditional macho culture? Yet it's the US who can't elect a woman president. Funny. 😂

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