Mexico's first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, presented a 100-point government program after being inaugurated. The left-wing politician delivered a speech in the capital before tens of thousands of cheering people. The physicist and climate expert announced the expansion of social assistance, the energy transition and the development of Mexico's small electric car.
At the start of his six-year term, the former head of the capital's government underwent a traditional cleansing ritual. In the large square in front of the government palace, representatives of Mexico's indigenous people presented him with a cedar command staff decorated with colorful ribbons, which traditionally symbolize political and spiritual power.
In June, Sheinbaum achieved a clear and historic election victory. The popularity of his predecessor and political mentor Andrés Manuel López Obrador worked in his favor. The constitution does not allow re-election. Mexico is the world's most populous Spanish-speaking country with approximately 130 million inhabitants. The United States' neighbor to the south is the twelfth largest economy in the world.