Mexico's Sheinbaum eyes historic presidency as guardian of Lopez Obrador legacy

Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum gestures as she speaks on the day of the announcement of the results of an internal national polling which declared Sheinbaum as the presidential candidate, in Mexico City, Mexico September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - In a grainy 1991 black and white photograph, Claudia Sheinbaum - the favorite to be Mexico's next president - holds aloft a banner reading 'Fair Trade and Democracy Now!!' in protest against the Mexican government of the day.

Sheinbaum and her mentor, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a trenchant critic of the establishment before he took power, would not meet until years later.