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Sheinbaum is 1st Female Mexican President in 200 Years: AMLO (www.telesurenglish.net)
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During Monday's morning press conference, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) highlighted the importance of the election of Claudia Sheinbaum as the first female president of Mexico.

"Yesterday I already congratulated her. I am very happy because you can imagine what it means to hand over the presidency to a woman after 200 years of republican life in which only men governed Mexico since 1824," he said.

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[–] plinky@hexbear.net 48 points 5 months ago (3 children)

The first female president in north america jeb write better headlines smh

[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

not true, in north america she's actually the 5th elected female president, and 8th elected female leader overall! (maybe many USians don't know but North America includes everything above South America, including Central America and the Caribbean)

NA countries that have elected a female president (excluding countries where the presidency is only a figurehead role):

  • Costa Rica

  • Haiti

  • Honduras (incumbent)

  • Nicaragua

  • Panama

NA countries that have elected a female PM (excluding countries where the prime ministry is only a figurehead role):

  • Barbados (incumbent)

  • Dominica

  • Jamaica

unelected leaders:

  • Canada (interim PM)

  • Haiti (interim president, tried to coup the government)

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago

First elected president in nafta states jeb (i was going by concacaf zones 🥺)

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 5 months ago

You are right! Thanks for the feedback, comrade!!

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not a president, but Canada had a female PM for like 4 months in 1993.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

not elected jeb (or was she?)