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Thousands of singing, flag-waving people packed a downtown square to celebrate Claudia Sheinbaum's ground-breaking victory as Mexico's first woman president.

On top of security, immigration and the green transition, Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum is facing a host of economic challenges. In this year's budget, Mexico's public deficit stands at 5.9 percent, the largest in decades. Plus, as she seeks to cut spending, Sheinbaum will have to decide what to do…

Leftwing climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City triumphs with a landslide, taking between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote. Plus, Hunter Biden trial to start

Her victory comes more than 70 years after women in Mexico were first given the vote, but the election was marred by violence

The president of the National Electoral Institute on Sunday said Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, saw an irreversible lead between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote.

On October 17, 1953, constitutional reform granted women the right to vote in Mexico, and two years later, women cast ballots for the first time in a federal election.

Nearly two decades after its then-president described women as "two-legged washing machines," Mexico has elected a woman to lead a country with a long history of gender-based bigotry and violence.

President López Obrador congratulates Claudia Sheinbaum on her historic victory as Mexico's first female President, marking a milestone in Mexican politics.

Claudia Sheinbaum responds to projected victory in Mexico's presidential election, emphasizing unity and gratitude for historical milestone.

‘I will become the first woman president of Mexico,’ Ms Sheinbaum told crowds after electoral authorities revealed her irreversible lead

Claudia Sheinbaum, the former city mayor elected Mexico's first woman president, is an environmental scientist and dedicated leftist known for keeping a cool head in times of crisis.