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Weekly Report - 03 October 2024 (WR-24-39)
Sheinbaum makes history as Mexico’s first female president
Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in as Mexico’s president on 1 October, becoming the country’s first-ever female head of state. She takes over at an important juncture. The ruling left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) is more powerful than ever, dominating the federal congress and governing the majority of Mexico’s 32 states. However, the party must now adapt to life without its founder and figurehead, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Sheinbaum has a difficult balancing act to play - between continuity with López Obrador’s legacy and change in the form of introducing her own policies and forging her own political path. This balance was on display on inauguration day.
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