By Marco Cacciati Mexico made history on June 2 by electing its first female president, breaking with a deeply entrenched machista culture that saw former president Vicente Fox labelling women as ‘two-legged washing machines’ only twenty years ago. Claudia Sheinbaum, a 61-year-old climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor, triumphed at the polls taking almost 60% of the vote with her Morena party projected to gain an overwhelming majority in Congress. Speculation is rife over the policies she will advance, firstly in terms of security and the economy – the two main concerns gripping the c…