Claudia Sheinbaum’s landslide victory is a danger for Mexico
She has huge power, but faces huge challenges
Few doubted that Claudia Sheinbaum would win Mexico’s election on June 2nd, and become the country’s first female president. But the landslide voters delivered for her and Morena, the ruling party, surpassed expectations. She got at least 58% of the vote, a share larger than that won in 2018 by her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Morena’s coalition will almost certainly obtain a supermajority in Congress. This spells danger: even before she takes office on October 1st, her ruling party will be able to shape Mexico, even by altering the constitution.
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This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Landslide”
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