MXPE Weekly Essentials

Sheinbaum’s poisoned chalice, falling birth rates, a criminal justice reshuffle, CPAC’s influence, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

Claudia Sheinbaum will become the president of Mexico tomorrow. While the baton will be passed, the new president’s promise is to continue with her predecessor’s legacy. That, in many ways, will not mean expanding on soon-to-be former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s legacy, but rather actually getting done what he set out to do.