Mexico's new presidenta and the human rights crisis

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[7]Mexico has made history with the election of its first woman president, former Mexico City mayor and environmental scientist Claudia Sheinbaum But the ongoing human rights crisis [8] that will obviously pose a grave challenge for Sheinbaum was dramatically exemplified by the record number of political assassinations that marred the elections. And she inherits a pending constitutional reform from her perceived political mentor, the incumbent populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador, which would further unleash the military to engage in internal law enforcement. Bill Weinberg explores in Episode 230 [9] of the CounterVortex podcast [10]. (Photo of Sheinbaum campaign rally in Mexico City via Twitter [11])

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Mexico has made history with the election of its first woman president, former Mexico City mayor and environmental scientist Claudia Sheinbaum. But the ongoing human rights crisis [8] that will obviously pose a grave challenge for Sheinbaum was dramatically exemplified by the record number of political assassinations that marred the elections. And she inherits a pending constitutional reform from her perceived political mentor, the incumbent populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador, which would further unleash the military to engage in internal law enforcement. Bill Weinberg explores in Episode 230 [9] of the CounterVortex podcast [10].

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