Claudia Sheinbaum gets ready to take office as Mexico's president

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Several world leaders arrive in the Mexican nation for the inauguration of president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, who receives a government marked by social advances and hopes to continue the work of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. teleSUR

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00:00The transition tour led by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ended on Sunday

00:05ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum set for Tuesday, October

00:101st.

00:11The opening of the Mayan train station, Chetumal, marks the end of the administration of outgoing

00:16head of state Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

00:18President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, who accompanied him on his tour, made some statements.

00:22Firstly, she thanked the staff involved in the Mexican Heritage Project for its implementation.

00:27In addition, Sheinbaum appreciated AMLO's support and ensured to be ready to take office.

00:39And the President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, officially arrived in Mexico to attend the

00:43inauguration of President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, which will take place on October 1st.

00:47According to local media, the Honduran president was received by the authorities and the national

00:51army at the Benito Juárez International Airport, located in the capital city of Mexico, after

00:56traveling on a commercial flight from Tegucigalpa.

00:58This, as part of the arrival of high-ranking international officials to the Felipe Ángeles

01:03International Airport to witness the inauguration, is important to point out that the Foreign

01:07Affairs Minister of Honduras, Enrique Reyna, announced that President-elect Xiomara Castro

01:12plans to meet with the elected Mexican president to discuss cooperation ties between both countries.

01:21Well, for now I think it will be, as is logical, the greeting she will make and the meeting

01:27she may have with President López Obrador and the presidential agenda with the new president

01:32of Mexico.

01:33And, well, we will see if in this space there is any other space for conversation."

01:37Definitely, as I repeat, the intention is to strengthen even more the ties, not only

01:48of friendship that have traditionally united us with Mexico, but to take this relationship

01:53a little further from the point of view of trade, to strengthen our commercial relations

01:57and, above all, of cooperation between both countries.

02:02Also the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, arrived in Mexico to participate in the inauguration

02:08of Plata Champao.

02:09The president was received at the Felipe Ángeles International Airport by Dr. David Kirshen

02:14who will assume the post of Secretary of Health in the incoming government.

02:18Likewise, the Cuban national leader is expected to hold several meetings in the Mexican nation,

02:23accompanied by his Cuban delegation, formed by the Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodríguez,

02:27Emilio de la Zada, Eugenio Martínez and Ambassador Marcos Rodríguez Costa.

02:35And in Mexico, Claudia Chinbaum is hours away from taking office as the country's first

02:39woman president.

02:40In this context, citizens gave their opinion on the three main challenges she will have

02:44to face.

02:45Let's see details with our correspondent Antonio Aranda.

02:50On October 1st, Claudia Chinbaum takes office as Mexico's first female president and among

02:55the population there are positive expectations about her arrival, one of which is the reinforcement

03:01of the national security strategy.

03:06We are going to do well with her.

03:07She is the first woman president.

03:09We have hope that there will be more security.

03:16I come from the state of Mexico and there are many assaults and as a woman I feel there

03:20is a lot of violence against women.

03:27In this regard, Claudia Chinbaum has mentioned that the recent incorporation of the National

03:32Guard into the Ministry of Defense will contribute to reducing the levels of violence without

03:36militarizing the country.

03:41Militarization means that there is a military command that is making decisions and the decisions

03:48are made by the commander of the armed forces.

03:51It is a civilian power.

03:57Another issue that Mexicans see as an immediate challenge is to keep the economy Indiana positive

04:02numbers.

04:05I believe that certain changes should be made gradually as the previous government

04:09had done.

04:11Things are not done in six years.

04:13But if they give continuity as they mentioned, it seems to me that everything would go well.

04:18Besides, the economy is working with the support they have given.

04:27Chinbaum has expressed confidence in the strengths of the Mexican economy left by her predecessor,

04:32thanks to public works, private investment and social programs.

04:40There are enormous strengths of our economy that allow us to maintain the domestic market

04:44strengthened by public works, private investment, welfare programs and salary increases, even

04:56if there are changes in the exchange rate against the dollar.

05:04On political and international issues, citizens expect the future president to maintain a

05:09firm stance towards the U.S. government.

05:14The figure of authority as president should be firm.

05:21Regardless of the role that the U.S. government plays as part of being a strategic ally together

05:25with Mexico and Canada, I think the position should remain firm.

05:37On relations with the U.S., Chinbaum assures that if Donald Trump wins the presidency,

05:41she will work with him for the integration of the two nations.

05:48I believe that it is responsible on our part and furthermore it is established in the constitution,

05:53the self-determination of peoples and beyond a personal opinion.

05:56I believe that particularly in a relationship as important as the one we have with the United

06:00States, we must have respect for who the people of the United States decide and always defend

06:06Mexico and not allow Mexico to be used as the central element of the campaign.

06:19She will also have to tackle the implementation of a national citizen system, maintain public

06:24investment in large projects, and expand the beneficiary base of social programs, without

06:30increasing public debt.

06:33Analysts believe that one of the greatest political challenges that Claudia Chinbaum

06:37will have to face will be to convince citizens that she is not subject to Lopez Obrador and

06:42to put her own stamp on taking the reins of government.

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