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Mexico City’s new mayor to create digital and innovation agency

22 January 2019

by Jonathan Andrews

In July 2018, Mexico City elected its first female mayor, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. She took on the role of running the largest city in Latin America in December last year. Manuel Manrique spoke to her about her top priorities

Upon receiving the official document that endorsed her victory at the polls from the Electoral Institute of Mexico City, Sheinbaum said: “We are going to rescue the city of hope for Mexico.”

For the new mayor, this hope will come through a focus on modernising public transport, reducing insecurity and speeding up bureaucratic processes and procedures.

Since July 2018, Sheinbaum has been dedicating her time to refining her coalition government’s plan and definin...

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