Mexico On Course To Elect Its First-Ever Woman President

May 27, 2024 admin

Opposition party candidate Xochitl Galvez. (File) Mexico City: Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president this weekend, with two front-runners competing to break the highest political glass ceiling in a country with a history of gender violence and inequality. Ruling-party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum and opposition hopeful Xochitl Galvez, both 61, have dominated…

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Nine dead after attacks on Mexico mayor candidates

May 20, 2024 admin

Two attacks against mayoral candidates in Mexico’s June elections have left nine persons dead in the southern state of Chiapas, the Prosecutor’s Office in the organised crime-plagued region said on Sunday. The two candidates survived, though one was wounded, in the onslaughts on Saturday night and early Sunday in the municipalities of Villa Corzo and…

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