the first female president of mexico. claudia scheinbau won the elections in the country of machismo and drug cartels. mexico. from the countries of the global south, for whose support ukraine is fighting, so it is important to know what changes are taking place there. we are talking about this on the bbc, live from london, i am yevgenia shiblovska. in fact, the fact that the next president of mexico will be a woman was predictable, because the main struggle was between these two candidates. claudia scheinbaum, a physicist by education, a scientist, was the mayor of the capital of mexico city and her rival, a senator and a businessman.

priest halvos. in fact , sheinbaum's victory was predicted, because she was leading in the polls before the elections, and according to preliminary calculations of the voting results, sheinbaum received up to 60% of the vote. she's winning by a wide margin, and look, she's winning every mexican state except one in the center of the country, these are the preliminary results. so the bbc correspondents saw how the victory of the first female president was celebrated in mexico. a truly historic moment in mexico, ukraine, where women only got the right to vote in the 1950s claudia sheinbaum became the first woman who overcame centuries of male domination. in this way , she paved the way for future generations of women. for the first time in 200 years, women have reached the position of president, she said to cheering supporters. this is an absolutely

historic moment for those women who are no longer there and for those who are fighting not only in the political arena, but wherever there are any obstacles for women. to see someone come all the way through the struggle and descend to the presidency, it's very emotional, it's unbelievable to me. there is so much in the country entrenched machismo, what claudia scheinbaum managed... a huge achievement, other women have tried but failed, yet her promise to continue the social policies of the ruling party, which lifted millions of mexicans out of poverty, proved extremely popular with voters. her critics, including her main opponent, priestess gálvez, are deeply disappointed, especially by the huge margin of this victory, they say that as opposed to the incumbent president andrés manuel lópez obrador, a populist and authoritarian ruler: scheinbaum will act as his

puppet, but she herself denies it. these elections were also historic for tragic reasons. this election campaign became the bloodiest in the country's history. dozens of candidates were killed. one of them was alfredo cabrera, who was running for mayor of cuyuca de benitez. he was shot in the back of the head by an armed assailant at the last meeting with voters. the killing is indicative of the enormous security challenges that lie ahead. an average of 11 women and girls are killed every day in mexico, and critics fear that she is unable to solve this problem. if sheinbaun wins, i think the situation will get worse. the military and drug cartels will grow in power because they have been working together for decades. for now, her supporters are celebrating the historic moment, but when the party is over, most voters want to. that

the priority of the new president has become the fight against the crimes of drug cartels? claudio scheinbaum inherits a nation mired in violence. now her task will be to achieve success where there are many for her men failed. and it was really a dangerous election. mexico elected not only the president, but also parliamentarians, congress, governors in several states and thousands of local officials. and it was the candidates who suffered on the ground. the greatest pressure, both from competitors and crime, more than 20 candidates for local authorities were killed, such official data, although according to other estimates the victims may be more, 37. the country is dealing with such challenges, so the fight against crime is a priority of the new president, but let's talk a little more about who is claudia scheinbau, she is 61 years old, before becoming a politician, she had a successful scientific career, an energy expert, and an expert on domestic changes. she was part of

the intergovernmental panel of experts on climate change, which was awarded the nobel peace prize. and if we talk about her political career, you will hear it more than once. claudia sheinbaum calls. the anti-wife of mexican president andrés manuel lópez obrador. and here's why: when he was mayor of the capital, mexico city, she was his environmental secretary. when obrador was elected president, she became the mayor of mexico city, also the first woman to hold this influential position. and during this election campaign, president lópez obrador supported her candidacy. obrador himself could not run for a second term due to restrictions in the constitution, because presidents in mexico are elected for only one term. they have been in office for six years, in fact sheinbaun herself says that she will continue the policy of her predecessor, and we talk in more detail about the results of the elections in mexico with my colleague, bbc correspondent georgy erman, from we are in touch, you have been following the events in the countries of latin america for a long time, so

let's start from afar, what is the role of mexico in the region and , in general, where is mexico on the political map of the global south? good evening, well, first of all you can say. that in the past, mexico really played a rather large role in latin america and even on the world stage, as a mediating state in some international conflicts. this was characteristic of the second half of the 20th century. however, with the beginning of the war with the drug cartels and the chaos associated with violence in the country, and this role has significantly decreased at the beginning of the 21st century, and actually under the current president. andrés manuel lópez obrador, the situation in terms of mexico's international influence has worsened even more, the country is mainly focused on solving its own problems, and president obrador himself, he has repeatedly

said ambiguously that the best foreign policy is domestic policy, he is known for the fact that he does not travel much on a trip abroad. takes some foreign policy steps, and often mexico's foreign policy initiatives ends with the latin american region and obrador's periodic quarrels with conservative leaders of the region, for example, with the president of ecuador, and that is, we can say that currently the role of mexico in the region has significantly decreased, and we cannot say that... despite its economic weight, it is one of the largest economies, not only in latin america, in general and in the entire western hemisphere, mexico currently does not play a major role in regional politics. but can the foreign policy of mexico change under the presidency of claudia scheinba, that's what it will be

mexico's position on russia's war against ukraine? well, andrés manuel lópez obrador is known to have called for an end many times. fire, ah, an immediate ceasefire between ukraine, ukraine and russia, and claudia sheinbaum once supported his calls, she said that the war in ukraine is only feeding the big arms manufacturers and harming millions of people, this was in september 2022, and there is no more detailed position on this issue, it directly, according to some observers, will mainly continue the policy obrador, and in this matter, in fact, for ukrainian diplomacy, which will still try to build bridges with the new president of mexico, it is very important

to invite her to ukraine so that she can see what is happening here, the ruins that she has created russian military aggression. says pablo calderón martínez, professor of international relations at london northeastern university. her rhetoric is very similar to that of her predecessor as president, andrés mamanuel lópez obrador. yes, in terms of combating violence, he called for dialogue instead of bullets, but if you look at what her actions were as mayor of me, she did not follow this principle, her actions against local gangs in the capital were quite decisive, and it did little tangible results in mexico city , i guess she might want to do it again at the state level, i'm not sure if it will work, we've seen this before with varying degrees

of success, and no one knows how to solve this problem when it comes to relationships with the united states, then they will depend from whoever wins the election in november, i think the complications will arise in ... donald trump's victory. on a personal level , misunderstandings will arise between them. however, at the end of the day , the us-mexico relationship is so important to both countries that there are so many interconnected challenges. such as migration, trade, security, that we will have to forget about personal relations and think about cooperation, because we share a 200 km long border with the united states, we will have to cooperate no matter what, but i think it will be a bit difficult, in case trump becomes the president of the usa. however, in the event of internecine strife , both countries will lose. well, we just heard that there will hardly be friendly relations with trump, that's the opinion, but if biden remains the president of the united states, then what kind of relations will there be between the united states and mexico? well, traditionally, with

the democratic administration, relations are more full of cooperation and illegal, well, illegal migration is less of a serious issue, but in fact, as obrador’s rule showed, during his rule, relations with trump were quite not bad. despite, despite all trump's rhetoric about mexico, about illegal migration from mexico, that is, they had a business relationship without any sharp conflicts, because mexico, its economy is tied to the industrial mission of the united states of america, and in fact this characterizes the obrador administration, his foreign policy, which connects on the one hand a certain such ideology'. i hear the leftist rhetoric that mexico is against sanctions against cuba, venezuela,

nicaragua, various leftist regimes, that these are harmful sanctions, and on the other hand it remains pragmatism, mexico is ready to cooperate with the united states, is ready to further develop the economic cooperation of the united states, oil and so on, and so it is actually believed that according to claudia scheinbaum, this policy is unlikely to change, it is again. which will focus mainly on domestic politics, well, you just mentioned oil, the trade agreement, and in general, what are the relations between mexico and the united states now, what is the level of trade? well, the us is the main trading partner of mexico, and that is, this role has been for many decades and is unlikely to change, despite the fact that what ah, and the position of china in the region is strengthening, ah... but the immediate rhetoric, the immediate problem of illegal migration,

it remains the main problem, and if the administration of donald trump really comes to power, i think that there will simply be some agreements between mexico and the united states regarding greater involvement of mexico in border protection, regarding increased protection of this border. well, the american election, the election of the president of the united states in november, and we remember how the issue of protecting the us border with mexico effectively blocked the vote aid to ukraine in congress for six months, but to what extent will this border issue be raised already in the american presidential elections? the question will be very relevant, especially in the company of donald trump, that is clear. we can mention andres manuel's statement here. obrador, who in october 23rd stated that

the us spending on aid to ukraine is pointless, it would be better for the us to spend these billions, tens of billions of dollars to support the standard of living in latin american countries in order to prevent illegal migration, that is, he actually called to such a marshall plan for central american countries that have suffered significantly in the past from civil wars. and then from the waves of banditry, drug mafia and so on, and with this he justified his position regarding the war in ukraine, in ukraine, between russia and ukraine, that his calls to stop aid to ukraine and to try to achieve such a permanent ceasefire between ukraine and russia, and of course this position was criticized in ukraine, we remember the statement of the adviser to the president's office. thank you, georgy erman, a bbc correspondent, was in touch with us

well, that's the end of the issue, see you tomorrow, congratulations, friends, the tv channel is live. espresso is the second part of the verdict program, in which we will talk about the results of the week and analyze the events that happened or are happening right now. let me remind you that we are talking about we are working live on the tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are watching us live there now, please vote in our poll, today we are asking you this, do you agree with zelensky that china can disrupt the peace summit, yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube, if you have your own

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as president, except except for ukraine, which says that putin is not a legitimate president. of the russian federation, so putin has just started implementing a special operation about which was once spoken by the head of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense, general kyrylo budanov, maidan 3. it is about the fact that russia is trying to prove to the whole world that zelensky is apparently not the legitimate president of ukraine, and that there is no need for anything with zelensky. to negotiate, because he does not have any authority after may 20, 2024, and now they put this story on a big information promotion, one of those who are trying to promote this whole story about the illegitimacy of zelenskyi is the illegitimate president putin, he once again declared that he is

illegitimate, instead, the only legitimate in... power in ukraine remains the verkhovna rada. let's listen to the kremlin elder. constitution. the constitution of ukraine provides for the continuation of the powers, but only of the council. the constitution of ukraine does not mention the continuation of the president's powers. there is article 111 of the constitution of ukraine, which says that this is the case. in the case of the powers of the supreme power, in fact presidential powers, are transferred to the speaker of the parliament, especially since in the conditions effect of the law on martial law, the powers of the parliament continue. as a citizen of ukraine, i do not like that the self-proclaimed president of the russian

federation interprets the norms of the ukrainian constitution, i don't like it, but... on the other hand, according to the current ukrainian legislation, the constitution and the norms of the basic law must be interpreted by the constitutional court. in the opinion of the constitutional court regarding the legal conflict that has now arisen regarding the powers of president zelensky, there is no official conflict, but we understand that there are two articles of the constitution that allow us to talk about the fact that zelensky... will be the president of ukraine until a new head of the ukrainian state is elected, and obviously this will already be after the victory of ukraine over the russian federation. putin mentioned the verkhovna rada of ukraine. and, obviously, in this case, he wanted to draw analogies between what happened

at the end of february 2014, after yanukovych fled. from ukraine, then you remember, friends, that the acting president of ukraine was oleksandr turchynov, then the speaker of the ukrainian parliament, the current head of the verkhovna rada of ukraine, ruslan stefanchuk, in response to putin's statements that the only legitimate power in ukraine is now the verkhovna rada, advised the russian dictator to read the ukrainian constitution more carefully, but noted that among the deputies i agree. from putin's position. it is clear, said ruslan stefanchuk, that the russian narratives announced today are just as unpredictable, just as senseless. and some ukrainian politicians are allegedly in trouble they prepare the groundwork and quote the narratives expressed almost word for word, in particular within

the walls of the ukrainian parliament. it is difficult to say who ruslan stefanchuk is talking about, but i know that there is currently a whole faction in the verkhovna rada of ukraine that was elected on the party lists of the opposition platform during the lifetime of viktor medve's party. which is officially banned in ukraine as early as 2022, in the month of april, but despite everything, these people retain their powers, these people are people's deputies of ukraine, and these people, despite everything, pass such laws and bills are important for ukraine, and at the same time they have access to state secrets, these people who have information. i do not rule out that they leak this information to the same russian federation, so when stefanchuk talks about the fact that there are separate ukrainian politicians in quotation marks, he probably

means representatives of the opz, who are very friendly, vote together with the monomajority for those or other draft laws, i want to remind you, friends, that in 2020 , more than 4,000 opz deputies, in various councils of various levels, in various self-governing bodies. so, as of today, there are no decisions regarding the annulment of the parliamentary powers of those persons who were elected from the opzh, i will remind you of this figure once again. it is huge, more than 400 deputies of various levels, plus the sharia party, which, by the way, is also prohibited by ukrainian law and the decision

of the ukrainian authorities, and also the question of why representatives of the sharia party and the opposition platform for life are still in local self-government bodies. this big frond, the great russian front, together with the fifth column of branches of the russian orthodox church in ukraine, feel absolutely normal, and it is they, it is they who can be the force that putin is betting on, because when they talk about what is possible in ukraine maidan 3 is obviously about the anti-maidan, about those people who have always been on the anti-maidan, who are ready to take to the streets of the cities during the war. and to say that zelensky is not our president, and let us return yanukovych, because it turns out that he has not won his presidential nominations for a year and a half authority, and the fact that in moscow they can

reason in the same way and draw the same conclusions, and even more, plan the return of yanukovych, i do not rule out at all, as well as viktor medvedchuk, that is, they can deport both the first and the second. somewhere near the russian border of ukraine and say: listen, the new leadership of ukraine, it can now sign some documents with russia and that this leadership is calling on russia to enter the territory of ukraine on a full scale even more fully, that is, the ukrainian authorities must put the dots on the existence of this big of that russian column, which did not disappear anywhere in ukraine. medvedchuk is now in moscow, he was replaced. of course. yanukovych fled in

2014. in march of the 22nd year, when the fighting was raging around kyiv, yanukovych sat on the territory of belarus and waited for his time. like oleg tsarev, who also appeared in the kyiv region, entered the territory together with the occupiers. of the ukrainian state, so that this does not happen again, all those who were elected from pro-russian political parties, from opzh, must leave ukraine from the ukrainian government. from sharyaya's party, there must be an end to the russian branch of the russian orthodox church, otherwise, otherwise, we face yet another danger, danger. of a major conflict, where all of these forces, both political and religious, can play a decisive role, and this role can... in

the current situation end very badly for ukrainian statehood and for ukrainians to unite together in the struggle against the russians. against this background, the foundation of the actor george clooney intends to seek from the european union and the international criminal court to arrest russian journalists. who are abroad and cover events in ukraine in a pro-russian manner. the deputy chairman of the security council of the russian federation, dmytro dmedvidev, announced threats to clooney at the initiative. efforts will be wasted. our professional journalists will be the first to find it. these are very attentive, highly qualified people, they are ready to communicate with him face

to face. sunset to dawn, to dusk, well, from sunrise to dusk, and in this story, of course, of course, we understand that there is a regime vladimir putin, and there are those who are sycophants of this regime, and russian propagandists who call themselves journalists, against whom the george clooney foundation wants to fight, they are fellow students of putin's war. against ukraine, or rather, accomplices of russia's war, putin's russia against ukraine, and sooner or later they will still have to answer for what they did, for what they said, for how they played along with the fascists and vladimir putin personally, how they did everything in order to viewers of russian propaganda tv channels believed in

delirious ukrainian fascism, about ukrainian nazis, pumped up by this russian propaganda, people came to the territory of ukraine, killed ukrainians, carried out the genocide of the ukrainian people, and all this is the fault of these russian propagandists, so we can only thank george clooney for the fact that his foundation took to track those russian... or rather, the fact that they initiate the arrest of russian journalists who are abroad and cover the events in ukraine in a pro-russian way, and of course, in the current situation, i cannot help but mention actor steven seagal, this hero, a movie hero, who received an order from putin and

named the event. the russian dictator awarded him the order of friendship for his great contribution to the development of international cultural and humanitarian cooperation, and during the awarding ceremony, the actor, who, by the way, has a russian passport and cooperates with the russian ministry of foreign affairs, repeated a number of russian propaganda fakes about the war and accused the west of inciting war. let's listen to what he said. the war in which we are now engaged was waged and financed west, this is a war of good and evil, all religions, all nations, all peoples must unite to get out of the control of this monster of lying press. we need to educate and enlighten all those who don't see what 's really going on, well this... the so

-called actor, the so-called steven seagal, he should in principle also be with those journalists that george clooney wants to arrest and put before the international criminal court, and he, he simply deserves to be responsible for the war of russia against ukraine, because, well, so frankly to lie and talk about... that ukraine is evil, the greatest evil in the world, and russia is fighting this evil, well, this lie has its price, and sooner or later the international criminal court will also evaluate the work of this so-called an actor friends, i would like to remind you that we work live on the tv channel, as well as on our youtube platforms.