Sheinbaum steps out of Lopez Obrador's shadow in her second year as president

"After a year in office, no one doubts President Claudia Sheinbaum's distinctive style. Long gone are the ghosts stirred by the opposition that the first woman to lead the country would be a puppet of her predecessor. The task she faced was certainly daunting: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was in addition to being president from 2018 until 2024 the leader of the Mexican left. The new president, who has defined her six-year term as the second stage of transformation,"

"This past Monday, Sheinbaum presented her first government report. From the more than 1,000 pages in the document that she submitted to the Senate, the president highlighted what she considers to be her main achievements. She did this at an event in the courtyard of the National Palace. Supported by the legislative and judicial branches, her political party, Morena, was the clear protagonist. At the gathering, only a few opposition governors provided a discordant note to the overwhelming cherry-red colors of the ruling party."

President Claudia Sheinbaum has established a distinctive governing style and dispelled concerns that she would be a puppet of her predecessor. She frames her six-year term as the second stage of transformation and positions her administration as continuity with changes while invoking Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as a mentor. Sheinbaum begins her second year with judicial reform resolved, a different security strategy in place, and with the formal release of her first federal budget. She presented a thousand-page government report at the National Palace, highlighted key achievements, and was publicly supported by the legislative and judicial branches and her party, Morena, amid minimal opposition presence.

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