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Listen now. Let's do election results, but since you're listening to the Marketplace

Morning report from the BBC World Service let's make it economic I'm Leanna

Byrne good morning first election result we're going to talk about is from

Mexico Claudia Shanbaum has made history The election result we're going to talk about is from Mexico.

Claudia Shanbaum has made history as Mexico's first female president.

Let's hear from the BBC's Elourdes Erredia.

Good morning.

Hi, good morning.

So tell us about this election result, first female president, what kind of economy is she going to be taking

over?

So Clouthe Chamberlain was part of the current team, so she is the candidate of the current president,

Andres Lopez-Obrador, during the campaign saying that she is going to

continue fight against poverty. So in Mexico there's a huge gap between rich and poor

and I'm looking to power six years ago he promised to make a difference and he is a figure that or you love it or you hate him.

Things that he's been doing like the policies is really trying to give money and

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