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Mexico Elects First Female Democratic President

Mexico has elected the first democratical female President Claudia Sheinbaum, making her become the first female president in history.

Sheinbaum became president by a landslide victory in a country plagued by rampant criminal and gender-based violence.

Flag-waving supporters sang and danced to mariachi music on Sunday in celebration of the ruling party candidate’s victory, in a nation where around 10 women or girls are murdered every day.

“I want to thank millions of Mexican women and men who decided to vote for us on this historic day,” Claudia Sheinbaum told the cheering crowd.

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The 61-year-old former Mexico City mayor thanked her main opposition rival Xochitl Galvez, who conceded defeat.

Mexico’s outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador hailed Sheinbaum’s victory as a “historic event,” while US President Joe Biden said he looked forward to working with her “in the spirit of partnership and friendship.”

Claudia Sheinbaum, a scientist by training, won around 58-60 percent of votes, according to preliminary official results from the National Electoral Institute, which estimated turnout at 60 percent.

That was more than 30 percentage points ahead of Galvez, and some 50 percentage points ahead of the only man running, centrist Jorge Alvarez Maynez.

Maria de los Angeles Gordillo, a 37-year-old member of the Tojolabal Indigenous community, said she was moved to tears as she listened to Sheinbaum speak.

“I’m here to celebrate this historic moment for our country and especially for women who carry these inequalities on their skin,” she said.

Voters had flocked to polling stations across the Latin American nation, despite sporadic violence in areas terrorized by ultra-violent drug cartels.

Thousands of troops were deployed to protect voters, following a particularly bloody electoral season that saw more than two dozen aspiring local politicians murdered.

Hafsoh Isiaq

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