mexico’s historic election: female candidates Claudia Sheinbaum and Xóchitl Gálvez vie for presidency

Mexico City, Mexico – The race for Mexico’s first female president is heating up as Claudia Sheinbaum and Xóchitl Gálvez go head-to-head in a historic election. As Mexicans head to the polls on Sunday, both Sheinbaum and Gálvez are leading the way in the race, leaving behind the only male candidate, Jorge Álvarez Máynez. Alongside the presidential election, voters will also choose all members of Mexico’s Congress, governors in eight states, as well as the …

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String of Murders Shakes Up Mexico’s Political Landscape Ahead of June Elections

CUAUTLA, Morelos – In a series of tragic events, three men with aspirations to run for political office in upcoming municipal and state elections in June were brutally murdered in separate incidents across Mexico in the first week of January. The first victim, Alfredo Giovanni Lezama Barrera, a councilor in Cuautla, Morelos, had ambitions to become a National Action Party (PAN) deputy in the state Congress. The 37-year-old was fatally shot by a lone gunman …

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