Supporters started gathering at daybreak to have fun the inauguration of the brand new chief of the world’s most populous Spanish-speaking nation, dwelling to 129 million folks, which has had 65 male presidents since independence.
“We arrived at 5 within the morning,” stated Marta Ramirez, a housewife who got here by bus from the central metropolis of Leon to hitch the celebrations in Mexico Metropolis’s major sq..
A lady president “understands the folks higher,” she stated.
“She’s a really courageous lady,” stated Estela Lopez Hernandez, who made the 12-hour journey from Puerto Escondido in southern Mexico.
One high-profile absence on the ceremony was Spanish King Felipe VI, whom Sheinbaum refused to ask, accusing him of failing to acknowledge the hurt brought on by colonization.
In response, Spain introduced it could boycott the inauguration, regardless of its sturdy financial and historic hyperlinks with Mexico.
