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Meet Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's first female president

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Claudia Sheinbaum, the presidential candidate of the ruling MORENA party, reacts as she addresses her supporters after winning the election, in Mexico City, Mexico, June 3, 2024. [AFP]

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's new president, is the first woman to win a general election in North America.

Sheinbaum is from a Jewish family and is one of three children. During the 1930s, her grandparents fled Nazi aggression, leaving Bulgaria for Mexico.

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