First woman elected mayor of Mexico City takes office

Claudia Sheinbaum, a 56-year-old scientist and environmentalist, rode to victory in the July elections on the same anti-establishment wave that brought her ally and mentor to power, Mexico's new President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.Sheinbaum echoed Lopez Obrador's fervent anti-corruption message in her inaugural address.

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