US EditionIn First 'Grito' as President, Sheinbaum Honors Mexico's Heroines of Independence
President Sheinbaum honored female independence heroes and addressed migration and indigenous women's recognition, with 280,000 people joining the celebration, marking a historic milestone.
- On Monday night, President Claudia Sheinbaum made history as the first female president to deliver the national Cry of Independence.
- On the eve of Independence Day, the tradition continued as the Grito, tracing back to the original 1810 Grito de Dolores, was performed from the National Palace balcony in Mexico City.
- Sheinbaum highlighted specific women when she named Josefa Ortiz Téllez Girón, Leona Vicario, Gertrudis Bocanegra, and Manuela Molina and paused before Vicario's portrait, later waving a flag presented by military women from Mexico's Heroic Military College.
- An estimated 280,000 revelers in the Zócalo responded with chants as Sheinbaum stressed Mexico's independence and sovereignty amid U.S. pressure.
- Observers noted the ceremony's broader significance as a historic milestone inspiring women and girls in Mexico, aligning with Sheinbaum's administration's focus on migrants and cartel policies amid rejected U.S. troop proposals.
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Sheinbaum screamed from one of the government palace balconies alive for several Mexican heroes and heroines
The Mexican President also paid tribute to insurgent women such as Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Leona Vicario, Gertrudis Bocanegra and Manuela Molina “La Barragana”.
For the first time in more than two centuries, Mexicans listened to Independence's harangue in the voice of a woman. It was 23.00 p.m. with a clear sky and a rain that gave truce, when Claudia Sheinbaum, the first president of the country, went out to the central balcony of the National Palace dyed green, white and red in front of a Plaza de la Constitución to burst and the eyes of the whole country put on it. Holding the presidential band made …
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