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<\/figure>\n\n\nSheinbaum promised continuity from his popular social policies to controversial constitutional reforms to the judiciary and National Guard rammed through during his final days in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite her pledge of continuity, she is a very different personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cL\u00f3pez Obrador was a tremendously charismatic president and many times that charisma allowed him to cover up some political errors that Claudia Sheinbaum will not have that possibility of doing,\u201d said Carlos P\u00e9rez Ricart, a political analyst at Mexico\u2019s Center for Economic Research and Teaching. \u201cSo, where L\u00f3pez Obrador was charismatic, Claudia Sheinbaum will have to be effective.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is not leaving her an easy situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her first trip as president will be to the flood-stricken Pacific coast resort of Acapulco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hurricane John, which struck as a Category 3 hurricane last week and then reemerged into the ocean and struck again as a tropical storm, caused four days of incredibly heavy rain that killed at least 17 people along the coast around Acapulco. Acapulco was devastated in October 2023 by Hurricane Otis, and had not recovered from that blow when John hit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Claudia Sheinbaum will take the oath of office Tuesday as Mexico\u2019s first female president in more than 200 years of independence, promising to protect an expanded social safety net and fight for the poor like her predecessor, but facing pressing problems. The 62-year-old scientist-turned-politician will receive a country with a number of immediate challenges, foremost…<\/p>\n