What Claudia Sheinbaum’s victory might mean for Mexico
THE RESULT of Mexico’s presidential election, which was announced on June 2nd, is no surprise. Yet what happens next is still a cliffhanger. Claudia Sheinbaum will become the country’s next president but it is far from clear whether she has the will or ability to break free of the policies or personal sway of her populist predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The coming struggle will influence the fate of Mexico’s 126m people but also has huge implications for migration, crime and trade in America, its giant northern neighbour.
