we fought togetherfor 20 years, or more than 20 years, to have the government that we have now and the opportunity for mexican people and the right for mexican people, the rights. and of course, i m going to leave a different time in history. viva mexico! mexico may have turned a corner with claudia sheinbaum s win, but it is still a nation where women are treated as inferior, where” women and girls are murdered every single day. to curtail that violence, she must now succeed where so many men before her have failed. will grant, bbc news, mexico city. i spoke to maria fernanda bozmoski, deputy director of the adrienne arsht latin america center at the atlantic council. for the first time, there is a female president notjust in mexico but in the whole of north america. put into context how significant this is. thanks so much for having me on the programme.
facing her as she stepped into the role of president elect will be that of security. how does she take the violence that was so on display during the most bloody election campaign in living memory in mexico, and develop coherent and strong security strategies to tackle it? those are questions to come, but for now, mexicans are just getting used to the idea that they have finally broken through, that a woman is going to be president, taking over in october. and for claudia 0ctober. and for claudia sheinbaum, a moment of history that she is still no doubt savouring. i spoke to maria fernanda bozmoski, deputy director of the adrienne arsht latin america center at the atlantic council. for the first time, there is a female president notjust in mexico but in the whole of north america. put into context how significant this is.
on sunday, in separate attacks at voting centres in the central state of puebla, forcing the suspension of voting. 38 candidates running for various positions have been killed during the campaign, making mexico s election one of the most violent in recent history. joining me now is jason marzak, vice president and senior director at adrienne arsht latin america center at the atlantic council. jason, it s been an extremely violent campaign. even today, two people killed in attacks on mexican polling stations. so it s notjust running as a candidate that s risky, it s also participating in democracy? yes, it s been a very violent campaign season, mexico s most violent. and you also have an increase in homicides. over the current six year term. a quarter increase from the previous term. not only the
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