"In Mexico, it took almost 70 years from women's suffrage until having a female President."

In the InfoCLACSO of June 5, First female President of Mexico, Berenice Ramirez Lopez, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Economic Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and co-coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on Social Security and Pension Systems, spoke with CLACSO.tv.

Regarding the historical importance of Claudia Sheinbaum's victory in her country, the researcher noted: “In Mexico, women began to vote in 1955. It took almost 70 years to have the first female President, with a very high vote count that calls for collective reflection on the construction of a country.”

Referring to the continuation of the project initiated by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, he stated: “Interesting things have been done. We are now on the second phase of the Fourth Transformation. Some foundations have already been laid. The discussion about the desired national project began last year. By December 2023, there was already a first draft of the National Development Plan, which will continue to be discussed in the coming months before its presentation at the inauguration in October.”

“This process of refining what a commission wrote in the last months of 2023 has been carried out through meetings, the so-called 'Dialogues for Transformation.' Different sectors were invited to discuss the problems in health, the environment, industry, and energy generation. This has also been very motivating because it is managing to incorporate academia, which had felt somewhat neglected by the current President,” he added, which, according to Ramírez López, strengthened the project.

Interviewed by Gustavo Lema.