Mexico elects first female president with Claudia Sheinbaum as projected winner

Mexican government data shows that at least 102,400 homicides have been reported in that period

Holy shit. I had no idea it was that bad.

Neat. Hopefully they can continue raising quality of life enough to start putting a dent in the murder rates.

Many of you don't really know Mexican politics but not only was she elected as president, the party she is from got the majority of seats on the Senate. They now control most of the government, which is basically a return to the age of a single dominant party in Mexican politics. But honestly it's the fault of the opposition for either not presenting ANYTHING at all on how they'll manage the affairs of the country or having absolute dog shit proposals (which in my opinion EVERYONE had dog shit proposals. We were forced to choose from a selection of dog shit, cow shit and horse shit),I was so conflicted about who to vote for I just left the ballot blank for presidency and voted on the local and Senate ballots.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Claudia Sheinbaum has made history as the first woman elected president of Mexico, according to projections from the nation's official quick count.

Sheinbaum has promised to keep in place welfare policies and social programs that have helped Morena retain a solid approval rating from voters.

When it comes to combating the country’s high levels of violence, Sheinbaum has said she plans on continuing her predecessor’s “hugs, not bullets” policy of not directly taking on criminal organizations that have gained control over large parts of Mexico as they fight for territory to traffic drugs into the U.S., make money from migrant smuggling and extort residents to fuel their illicit enterprise.

López Obrador’s policy has not significantly helped reduce killings over the past six years, as Mexican government data shows that at least 102,400 homicides have been reported in that period.

But the data also shows that the strategy of López Obrador’s predecessors — pursuing drug lords in an all-out war — did not improve safety either.

As a member of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Sheinbaum is among the scientists who shared a 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their report.

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She has several months to get ready for Trump.

I heard she's Jewish as well