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Mexico’s Political Assassinations Reach 37 Ahead Of Tomorrow’s Polls

June 1, 2024 admin

Ruling party hopeful Claudia Sheinbaum is widely expected to win Sunday’s vote. Mexico City: Mexico’s election is now the bloodiest in its modern history after a candidate running for local office in central Puebla state was murdered on Friday at a political rally, taking the number of assassinated candidates to 37 ahead of Sunday’s vote….

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Mexican Mayoral candidate Alfredo Cabrera shot dead at campaign rally

May 30, 2024 admin

Members of the National Guard guard the crime scene of the Mayoral candidate of the Opposition coalition of the PAN, PRD, PRI parties, Alfredo Cabrera, who was murdered during the closing of his electoral campaign in the town of Las Lomas, municipality of Coyuca de Benitez in the state of Guerrero on May 29, 2024….

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Claudia Sheinbaum, The “Ice Lady” Scientist Vying For Mexico’s Presidency

May 27, 2024 admin

Sheinbaum was born in Mexico City to parents caught up in the turmoil of the early 1960s. (File) Mexico City: Mexican ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, a cool-headed scientist dubbed the “ice lady” by her rivals, is the front-runner to lead a country known for its passion, tragedy and machismo culture. The left-wing ex-Mexico City…

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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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