Mexico swears in its 1st female president

The World

Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and the former mayor of Mexico City, promised to carry on with the agenda of her mentor, outgoing president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But as The World’s Tibisay Zea reports, she has a big opportunity to build a legacy on her own. 

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