Yesterday, October 1st, was a public holiday in Mexico. However, the holiday occurs only once every six years. It is the day of the inauguration of the new President.
This morning the front page of every newspaper in the city (and most likely the entire nation) bore the image of the first woman President in Mexico's history, Claudia Sheinbaum. In fact, she is the first woman President in the history of the entire continent of North America.
(Even "Metro", a tabloid that is dedicated more to sports and crime reporting and outrageous stories, had a picture of Sheinbaum in the corner of its front page.)
"...promete hacer de México ´potencia científica´"
"She promises to make Mexico a scientific power."
Given the fact that she has a Ph.D. in energy engineering, one would hope that her Presidency will have a scientific slant.
"Gobernaré para todos, sin odios, por un país próspero."
"I will govern for everyone, without hatred, for a prosperous country."
Let's hope that those words are not just platitudes.
Hopefully, within a few months, there will be another woman President on the North American continent.
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