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‘I didn’t even realise our new president was Jewish’: How Mexicans view Claudia Sheinbaum

Mexico’s new leader was guarded about her Jewishness during the election campaign. But her ethnicity appears to have held little significance for most voters

By In Nogales, Mexico

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Claudia Sheinbaum, Morena's party presidential candidate, celebrates the results with members of the party during the announcement of the new National Coordinator of the Defense Committees of the Fourth Transformation at WTC Mexico City on September 6, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Jaime Lopez/Getty Images)
Claudia Sheinbaum will be Mexico's first ever female president. Photo taken in Mexico City on September 6, 2023 (Getty Images)

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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - SEPTEMBER 6: Claudia Sheinbaum, Morena's party presidential candidate, celebrates the results with members of the party during the announcement of the new National Coordinator of the Defense Committees of the Fourth Transformation at WTC Mexico City on September 6, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico. Claudia Sheinbaum former mayor of Mexico City won the nomination as presidential candidate of Morena party. The Coordinator of the Defense Committees of '4T' (Fourth Transformation) is considered to run for the presidency in 2024 and the official confirmation will be announced once the electoral season approaches. (Photo by Jaime Lopez/Getty Images)

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