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The president of Mexico is on this year’s TIME100. “Mexican President @claudia_shein began 2025, her first full year in office, with pressure from all sides,” writes journalist and author Ioan Grillo. “Trump, then the U.S. president-elect, had threatened to slap tariffs on Mexico and launch American military strikes into its territory upon re-entering the White House. “Super-violent gangsters ran fentanyl and human smuggling over the Rio Grande. And her domestic critics claimed she would be overshadowed by her crusading predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. “The way Sheinbaum, a scientist and former Mayor, handled this onslaught is a lesson in diplomacy.” See who else made the list at the link in bio. Photograph by Luis Antonio Rojas—The New York Times/Redux In partnership with Official Timepiece @rolex