How could this happen? Ok, assassinating 37 candidates and competitors will certainly do the trick. Was this president elected, or selected?
Meanwhile, the CEO of Blackrock (world’s largest private company that owns millions of acres of land and over 1.5 million properties in over 50 countries) met with Sheinbaum. You know who he didn’t meet with? The other 37 candidates.
The Jewish former mayor of Mexico City was selected by the country’s ruling party to run for office last year.
Results from the election on Sunday show the 61-year-old has won between 58 per cent and 60 per cent of the vote.
Sheinbaum won with a lead of almost 30 per cent over her main rival, businesswoman Xóchitl Gálvez.
The presidential winner for the left-wing Morena Party will replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on 1 October.
Speaking after the result was declared Sheinbaum told voters: “I won’t fail you.”
Sheinbaum, who is a former energy scientist, has committed to build on the “advances” made by outgoing president Obrador.
In 2000 Obrador, who was serving as head of government of Mexico City, appointed Sheinbaum secretary of the environment for the capital.
She was elected as the mayor of Tlalpan, the largest borough in Mexico City, in 2015. Three years later, she was elected to serve a six-year term as mayor of Mexico City, arguably the second-most important role in Mexican politics, becoming the first Jewish person to hold the position.
