Claudia Sheinbaum
Mexico
Morena
President of Mexico
government
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is a Mexican politician, energy and climate change scientist, and academic who has been serving as the 66th president of Mexico since 2024. She is the first woman and the first Jewish person to hold the office. A member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), she previously served as Head of Government of Mexico City from 2018 to 2023. In 2025, Forbes ranked Sheinbaum as the fifth most powerful woman in the world.
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Sep 28, 2026
Far Right
President Sheinbaum continues to push judicial reform and defend her administration's security and energy policies amid criticism from opposition parties.
The PAN views Sheinbaum as a continuation of AMLO's authoritarian project, criticizing her for ignoring checks and balances and failing to address violence.
Sep 28, 2026
Lean Right
She led a Zocalo event where she said no foreign power will dictate Mexico's destiny, framing a sovereignty-first message.
PRI sees Sheinbaum's sovereignty rhetoric as a smokescreen for Morena's centralization of power and a way to avoid accountability on security and the economy.
Sep 28, 2026
Center
She closed her national tour with a packed Zócalo rally featuring sovereignty slogans and a strong political display.
Centrists see her as politically dominant but worry that the rally's sovereignty framing is more about base mobilization than governing results, and that no clear counterweight exists.
Sep 28, 2026
Lean Left
Sheinbaum is managing the federal response to a record hurricane and defending her administration's 'historic' fuel bust amid questions about its authenticity.
The PRD views Sheinbaum as continuing AMLO's centralizing project, using disaster response for photo ops while failing to address structural inequality that the PRD has historically championed.
Sep 27, 2026
Far Right
President-elect and Morena's incoming leader, she is pushing the judicial reform and defending AMLO's legacy.
PAN views her as a continuation of AMLO's authoritarian drift, especially on judicial reform and energy policy, and criticizes her refusal to break from the outgoing president's security strategy.
Sep 27, 2026
Lean Right
The president is pushing ahead with the judicial reform and a package of constitutional changes that would cement Morena's dominance for years.
The PRI views Sheinbaum as a continuation of AMLO's centralism, criticizing her for concentrating power and abandoning the checks and balances that the PRI historically defended.
Sep 27, 2026
Center
During her accountability tour in Tabasco, she reivindicó AMLO's legacy and stressed national sovereignty.
Centro sees her as consolidating the Morena project while balancing continuity with AMLO and her own agenda; her sovereignty rhetoric is noted but her handling of transparency issues is questioned.
Sep 27, 2026
Lean Left
She met with South Korea's president in Mexico City, signing 17 agreements, and faced questions over the collapsed fuel-trafficking bust.
The PRD criticizes Sheinbaum for using the mañanera to spin a failed fuel seizure as a success and for foreign photo-ops while the peso weakens and security scandals mount.
Sep 26, 2026
Far Right
President Sheinbaum faces criticism for her handling of the security crisis and her push for judicial reform.
PAN views her as continuing AMLO's failed policies, particularly on security and energy, and accuses her of undermining democratic checks and balances.
Sep 26, 2026
Lean Right
Faces mounting economic turmoil including Pemex's debt crisis, peso depreciation, and surging diesel huachicol during her administration.
PRI blames Sheinbaum for continuing AMLO's failed state-centric energy model and refusing the fiscal discipline Moody's demands, putting public finances at risk.