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Newshour: 03/06/2024 13:06 GMT: Mexico elects its first female president

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Mexico elects its first female president

03/06/2024 13:06 GMT

03/06/2024 13:06 GMT: Mexico elects its first female president

BBC World Service - Newshour, Mexico elects its first female president

Former Mexico City mayor and climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum takes the top job

Former Mexico City mayor and climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum takes the top job.

An ally of outgoing left wing leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador, she has won a landslide victory with about sixty per cent of the vote. Even her most ardent supporters say they want to see more done to tackle violent crime in the drug-violence ravaged nation. 

Also on the programme: Hunter Biden, the son of the US President, goes on trial for gun charges; and the stray-dog rescuer of Ukraine on why she cannot stay away from the frontlines of war. 

(Picture: Claudia Sheinbaum addressing her supporters in Mexico City Credit: REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini)

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