Mexico: The first Mexican woman to hold the President’s seat

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4                                                                                                                                              PROGRAM #10535 12:00 PM PT 

Mexico Edition. 

This week marks the beginning of a historic six-year term in Mexico, with Claudia Sheinbaum taking office as president, the first Mexican woman to hold the seat. Who is in Sheinbaum’s cabinet team? What are the expectations? How does the six-year term begin? What are the challenges? In other news, in Mexico, a constitutional reform against discrimination and for the recognition of the rights of indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples is about to become law. An expert explains the content of the bill.

Guest: Dr. Gaspar Rivera Salgado, Project Director, Center for Mexican Studies at the University of California Los Angeles-UCLA and Director, UCLA Labor Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Photo: Claudia Sheinbaum/Facebook

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