Belize’s Ambassador to Mexico Weighs in on Dr Sheinbaum’s Historic Victory

Mexico’s President-elect, Doctor Claudia Sheinbaum snagged that country’s general elections on June second for a six-year term. She will replace Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has been in office since 2018. Sheinbaum, a scientist by profession, led the left-wing political party Morena, into the elections. She has served from 2000 to 2006 as Secretary of the Environment under Obrador’s tenure as Mayor of Mexico City. She was also elected Mayor of Mexico City in 2018, the same year she was named one of the B.B.C’s One Hundred Women. Today, Belize’s Ambassador to Mexico, Oscar Arnold weighed in on Doctor Sheinbaum’s historic victory.

 

Oscar Arnold, Belize’s Ambassador to Mexico

“This is the first female president in all of North America and the first female president from Mexico and in an historic election where it was the largest election in their electoral politics history as well. In what has been also a very historic election for them. It’s the largest selection that they’ve had in their history with the number of seats federally and locally that have been in play. Dr. Sheinbaum has said that they will continue with some of the initiatives that was started by her predecessor.”