The woman who could be Mexico’s next president

If Claudia Sheinbaum wins the presidential election on Sunday, she will be the country’s first female, and first Jewish, president.

Mary Beth Sheridan and Lorena Ríos

May 29, 2024 – 5.00am

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Claudia Sheinbaum was fuming. The presidential candidate held a comfortable lead in the polls as her party’s primary got underway last summer. But one afternoon, as she was entering a hotel for a meeting, she was confronted by dozens of her top rival’s supporters, chanting that the contest was rigged.

The normally stoic Sheinbaum strode inside and upbraided Alfonso Durazo, the official co-ordinating the primaries for her Morena party. “Wherever I arrive, I want to be respected,” she declared, jabbing the table. “Do you understand?”

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