The Guardian view on Mexico’s new president: a stunning victory for pro-poor politics | Editorial

Claudia Sheinbaum aims to continue the pursuit of social justice - her predecessor's most outstanding quality - without his charisma

Claudia Sheinbaum made history this week by winning a landslide election to become Mexico's first female president. A leftwing climate scientist, Ms Sheinbaum appears a technocrat with progressive views, everything her presidential predecessor, the folksy populist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, known as Amlo, was not.

Yet the differences may be more about style than substance. Ms Sheinbaum has been by Mr Lopez Obrador's side for two decades, and has a deserved reputation for hard work, fidelity to her mentor and a thirst for social justice. One of the big questions for thenew president is whether her win will translate intomore political rights and protections for women, 11of whom are murdered a day.