Claudia Sheinbaum was inaugurated as Mexico’s first female president on Tuesday, succeeding her mentor, the left-wing populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador. “It is time for change, and it is time for women,” said Sheinbaum in Mexico City after her swearing-in ceremony. The 62-year-old thanked her charismatic predecessor, whose popularity helped her to a clear victory in June’s election. “It was an honour to fight with you,” she told López Obrador. A number of high-ranking diplomats and representatives were in attendance, including the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, and Ji…