Mexico swears in Claudia Sheinbaum, its first woman president

Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in as Mexico's first woman president yesterday, taking the oath of office as legislators chanted "Presidenta! Presidenta!"

The 62-year-old scientist-turned-politician receives a country with a number of immediate problems, also including a sluggish economy, unfinished building programs, rising debt and the hurricane-battered resort city of Acapulco.

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