Claudia Sheinbaum Will Inherit a Poisoned Cup in Mexico

A loudly emerging Mexico’s economy of 126 million, a 1,950-mile border with the United States and powerful criminal gangs was always going to mean a full house for Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first female president, who will be sworn in on October 1. But President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, her mentor, is making it even more daunting. In his final month in power, he is pushing through a series of constitutional changes that will profoundly change Mexico for the worse.