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Claudia Sheinbaum takes the presidential oath in Mexico. Now the hard work begins.

Claudia Sheinbaum will take the oath of office Oct. 1 as Mexico’s first female president in more than 200 years of independence, promising to protect an expanded social safety net and fight for the poor like her predecessor, but facing pressing problems.

The scientist-turned-politician will receive a country with a number of immediate challenges, foremost among them stubbornly high levels of violence, a sluggish economy, and hurricane-battered Acapulco.

Dr. Sheinbaum romped to victory in June with nearly 60% of the vote, propelled largely by the sustained popularity of her political mentor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

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