Mexico swore in the country’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, in Mexico City on Tuesday, October 1.“We are living in a historic moment! After more than 200 years as an independent nation, Dr Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in as the first female Constitutional President of the United Mexican States,” a spokesperson for the Mexican government
wrote in a post on X on Tuesday. “It’s time for women!”Footage shared by the Mexican government shows Sheinbaum being sworn in as president at Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies, before being acclaimed by those attending the ceremony.Sheinbaum was
elected with 58.3-60.7 percent of the votes on June 2. Credit: Gobierno de Mexico via Storyful