{"id":53070,"date":"2024-06-04T17:09:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T07:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abnews.com.au\/?p=53070"},"modified":"2024-06-04T17:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T07:09:54","slug":"world-leaders-laud-sheinbaums-historic-mexico-election-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/?p=53070","title":{"rendered":"World leaders laud Sheinbaum&#8217;s &#8216;historic&#8217; Mexico election win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Congratulations poured in from around the world Monday after Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico&#8217;s first woman president, sparking hope for change in a country where gender-based violence has long been rife.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flag-waving supporters sang and danced to mariachi music late into the night after the former Mexico City mayor won Sunday&#8217;s election by a landslide, the magnitude of which spooked financial markets.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing cheering crowds, the 61-year-old ruling party candidate thanked the &#8220;millions of Mexican women and men who decided to vote for us on this historic day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maria Fernanda Vela, 27, said it was &#8220;an inspiration that in such a male chauvinist country, a woman has taken the top job. It fills your heart with pride.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>US President Joe Biden welcomed Sheinbaum&#8217;s &#8220;historic election&#8221; and said he looked forward to working with her &#8220;in the spirit of partnership and friendship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, another key North American ally, also offered congratulations and said he was ready to work closely with Sheinbaum to further strengthen relations.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a fellow leftist, hailed a &#8220;victory for democracy&#8221; and vowed to deepen economic ties between Latin America&#8217;s two biggest economies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations poured in from around the world Monday after Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico&#8217;s first woman president, sparking hope for change in a country where gender-based violence has long been rife. Flag-waving supporters sang and danced to mariachi music late into the night after the former Mexico City mayor won Sunday&#8217;s election by a landslide, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1679],"class_list":["post-53070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","tag-world-leaders-laud-sheinbaums-historic-mexico-election-win"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}