US EditionFirst Woman to Deliver Mexico’s Grito De Dolores Marks a Historic Moment
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's first female president, leads the 215th Independence Day ceremony, embracing a historic role traditionally held by men, with over 70% approval ratings.
- On September 15, 2025, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum became the first woman to deliver the Grito de Dolores from the National Palace balcony in Mexico City.
- This historic event marks the 215th anniversary of Mexico's independence, a tradition previously monopolized by men and rooted in Father Miguel Hidalgo's 1810 call to rebellion in Dolores, Guanajuato.
- Sheinbaum received the flag from a military escort, rang Hidalgo's bell brought to the capital by President Porfirio Díaz, and led patriotic cheers responded to by thousands chanting 'Viva México!' amid the usual September rain.
- Sheinbaum described the ceremony as 'emotional and fundamental' while historians noted her role reflects growing gender acceptance in Mexico's highest offices and opens previously closed spaces for women.
- The ceremony served as a prelude to the September 16th military procession through Mexico City's historic district, where the Armed Forces paid tribute to national heroes and demonstrated their capabilities.
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Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum becomes first woman to deliver Independence Day 'shout'
The president walked onto the balcony of the national palace and shouted "Long live Mexico!" and waved a large Mexican flag officially marking the start of Independence Day celebrations.
“Long live the dignity of the people of Mexico! Long live freedom! Long live equality! Long live democracy! Long live justice! Long live free, independent and sovereign Mexico!”
Mexico's Independence Day Celebrated with Sheinbaum as First Female President Leading the Ceremony - teleSUR English
President Claudia Sheinbaum delivered her first Independence Cry before more than 150,000 people in Mexico City’s Zócalo, becoming the first woman to lead the centuries-old ceremony. RELATED: Mexico’s “Grito de Dolores”: A Historic Cry That Lives as Cultural Ritual At 11:00 p.m. local time, Sheinbaum stepped out onto the central balcony of the National Palace with the Mexican flag to deliver the traditional “Cry” commemorating the 215th annivers…
It is the first woman in the history of the country to lead the celebrations from the central balcony of the National Palace
The Zócalo received exultantly the first president in Mexico’s history to commemorate the beginning of Independence. In the heart of the capital, Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated this Monday’s night the Cry before a crowded square with almost 140,000 attendees. The “lives” of a protocolary and brief act with little margin for improvisation came back. But where there is always some message with the president’s own stamp, now president, in turn. This …
President Claudia Sheinbaum leads her first Cry of Independence on Monday, September 15. During one of her ‘morning’ conferences, the president was questioned about what would be the ‘surprises’ or news of this day, so she replied with a smile: “For the first time a woman is going to give the Cry, it’s quite new.” Faced with this historical fact, President Sheinbaum shared on her social networks a video showing how she performs the rehearsals fo…
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