Mexico's first female president completes first year with high approval, but challenges loom

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first woman president, has 70%+ approval ratings.

She has furthered the agenda of her populist predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrado, while also stepping out of his shadow.

Sheinbaum has managed to avert the worst of President Trump’s threatened tariffs, but he continues to exert pressure on Mexico.

MEXICO CITY — Each September, Mexico’s president appears before a crowd of tens of thousands in the nation’s central square to perform the grito , the shout of independence commemorating the country’s break from colonial rule.

This year, for the first time, a woman will lead the masses in chants of “Long live Mexico!”

Monday’s ceremony in Mexico City’s main plaza will be a historic moment for the nation and for President Claudia Sheinbaum, who, in her firs