The Latest Breaking News from Claudia Sheinbaum

The 61-year-old beat Xóchitl Gálvez by almost 30 per cent

Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, on Monday won a landslide electoral victory to become Mexico's new president and the country's first woman head of state. An environmental scientist and experienced left-wing politician, she is known for keeping a cool head in times of crisis.

On top of security, immigration and the green transition, Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum is facing a host of economic challenges. In this year's budget, Mexico's public deficit stands at 5.9 percent, the largest in decades. Plus, as she seeks to cut spending, Sheinbaum will have to decide what to do…

Leftwing climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City triumphs with a landslide, taking between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote. Plus, Hunter Biden trial to start

Her victory comes more than 70 years after women in Mexico were first given the vote, but the election was marred by violence

The president of the National Electoral Institute on Sunday said Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, saw an irreversible lead between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote.

On October 17, 1953, constitutional reform granted women the right to vote in Mexico, and two years later, women cast ballots for the first time in a federal election.

Nearly two decades after its then-president described women as "two-legged washing machines," Mexico has elected a woman to lead a country with a long history of gender-based bigotry and violence.

President López Obrador congratulates Claudia Sheinbaum on her historic victory as Mexico's first female President, marking a milestone in Mexican politics.