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Sheinbaum is 1st Female Mexican President in 200 Years: AMLO (www.telesurenglish.net)

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During Monday's morning press conference, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) highlighted the importance of the election of Claudia Sheinbaum as the first female president of Mexico.

"Yesterday I already congratulated her. I am very happy because you can imagine what it means to hand over the presidency to a woman after 200 years of republican life in which only men governed Mexico since 1824," he said.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (11 children)

How did AMLO lose? I thought he was popular.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mexico doesn't have second term for presidency (They started their Revolution in 1910 because of that issue). She is from his party, I think

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Only one term per president? That seems a bit extreme.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

There are very understandable reasons based in Mexican history for strict term limits.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

6 years term though. And it is very ingrained thing on mexican political life after Porfirio Diaz ruled for almost 30 years and 6 terms in the beginning of the century

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