For Sheinbaum, Rise and Fall of Rousseff Is a Cautionary Tale
- Lula and AMLO both anointed female successors to make history
- Both women faced task of emerging from shadow of their mentors
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Picture this: A highly popular president who can’t run for reelection seeks to cement his legacy by anointing a more technocratic female successor to become the country’s first woman president. That describes the rise of Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum in a nutshell.
The same was said about Dilma Rousseff when she reached Brazil’s highest office in 2010 after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s eight successful years in office. Today it’s Sheinbaum who is expected to ride President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s coattails to victory in Sunday’s election.