Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first female president-elect?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first female president-elect?

Al Jazeera  

Long tied to outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, will Sheinbaum be able to carve out a new path? By contrast, Sheinbaum’s solid lead in the polls — and her urban, academic upbringing — projected a different public image, distinct from Lopez Obrador’s dark-horse campaign, according to Correa-Cabrera, the political analyst. “No one accepts to be manipulated when they reach public office.” Still, Sheinbaum has adopted many of Lopez Obrador’s signature moves. Sheinbaum’s list repeats her mentor’s antipoverty rallying cry: “For the good of all, the poor come first.” It also includes the continuation of Lopez Obrador’s controversial Tren Maya or Mayan Train, a $28bn infrastructure project to build a rail line through the Yucatan Peninsula. But voters like Yolanda Moran Isais, whose son Dan Jeremeel Fernandez Moran went missing in 2008, fear Sheinbaum will continue Lopez Obrador’s habit of downplaying the extent of the disappearances.

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Proponents call for more women to seek higher office in the US
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Proponents call for more women to seek higher office in the US

China Daily  

Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage to deliver remarks, at Howard University in Washington, US, November 6, 2024. “Vice-President Harris’ run for office highlights that women can serve at all levels of government and serve well,” Deidre Malone, president of the National Women’s Political Caucus, told China Daily. “I think it’s perfectly clear what Harris’s …

This feminist icon lived 99 years — long enough to help inaugurate Mexico’s first female president
2 months, 2 weeks ago

This feminist icon lived 99 years — long enough to help inaugurate Mexico’s first female president

LA Times  

Andrés Manuel López Obrador hands over the presidential sash to Ifigenia Martínez during the inauguration of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, left, in Mexico City last week. Mexico bid farewell Monday to Ifigenia Martínez, a feminist icon of the country’s political left, who died at age 99 on Saturday — just four days after presiding over the handover of power to …

Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as 1st female president of Mexico
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as 1st female president of Mexico

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In her speech, Sheinbaum said …

5 things to know about Mexico's first female president
2 months, 3 weeks ago

5 things to know about Mexico's first female president

NPR  

5 things to know about Mexico's first female president toggle caption Eduardo Verdugo/AP MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, takes office on Tuesday as Mexico’s 66th president and its first female leader. Sponsor Message Sheinbaum started her political career as López Obrador’s environmental minister after he was elected Mexico City mayor in …

Shattering glass ceiling, Claudia Sheinbaum takes office as Mexico’s first female president
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Shattering glass ceiling, Claudia Sheinbaum takes office as Mexico’s first female president

LA Times  

Mexico’s new leader, Claudia Sheinbaum, wears the presidential sash during the transfer of power ceremony in Mexico City on Oct. 1, 2024. Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist who jumped from academia to the rocky world of politics, took office Tuesday as Mexico’s first female president. Now we know that presidents can be women.” The crowd erupted in chants of: “Presidenta!” …

The (500-year-old) reason Mexico didn’t invite the king of Spain to the president’s inauguration
2 months, 4 weeks ago

The (500-year-old) reason Mexico didn’t invite the king of Spain to the president’s inauguration

LA Times  

Spain’s King Felipe VI and Princess Leonor attend a military parade in Madrid last year. In 2019, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent a letter to the Spanish crown demanding that it issue a public apology for abuses committed during the violent invasion centuries earlier. In a statement this week, Sheinbaum said she decided to exclude Felipe VI from …

Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s presidential vote in June, is finally declared president-elect
4 months, 1 week ago

Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s presidential vote in June, is finally declared president-elect

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum, the woman who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential vote, has finally been formally declared Mexico’s President-elect, the first woman to hold the office in Mexico. At a ceremony Thursday, the former Mexico City mayor was handed the legal ruling declaring her the country’s next president. Sheinbaum has pledged to follow all the policies of her …

Mexico’s incoming president announces first Cabinet picks: academics and former public servants
6 months ago

Mexico’s incoming president announces first Cabinet picks: academics and former public servants

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum began naming her Cabinet Thursday, presenting an even gender distribution, as well as a heavy presence from academia and her prior administration as Mexico City’s mayor. Mexico’s former Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard speaks at the press conference announcing incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Cabinet members, in Mexico City, Thursday, June 20, 2024. …

Aides’ vehicle in a convoy carrying Mexico’s next president involved in a crash that killed 1
6 months, 1 week ago

Aides’ vehicle in a convoy carrying Mexico’s next president involved in a crash that killed 1

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A highway accident Friday involving an SUV carrying aides to Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential elections, has resulted in at least one fatality. Sheinbaum’s spokesman said the advance car hit another vehicle on a highway in the northern state of Coahuila, and that one person in the other car was killed. The accident happened …

How independent will Mexico’s next president be? This controversy gives a hint
6 months, 1 week ago

How independent will Mexico’s next president be? This controversy gives a hint

LA Times  

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador welcomes President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum before a meeting at the National Palace in Mexico City this week. When Claudia Sheinbaum won election in a landslide this month to become Mexico’s next leader, many wondered how independent she would be from her mentor and predecessor, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. López Obrador announced after the election …

Mexico’s president-elect Sheinbaum pushes judicial reform amid market fears
6 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s president-elect Sheinbaum pushes judicial reform amid market fears

Al Jazeera  

The president-elect has promised wide consultations with stakeholders in the judiciary ahead of the reforms. Claudia Sheinbaum, the country’s first female president, promised wide consultations on the reforms, signalling her determination to proceed despite concerns that have produced market volatility and hit the peso hard. In her first news conference since being elected on June 2, Sheinbaum left a meeting …

Change and continuity: On the Mexico mandate
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Change and continuity: On the Mexico mandate

The Hindu  

When Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the leftist nationalist and leader of the Movement of National Rejuvenation, became the President of Mexico in 2018, many warned that the Latin American country was on the path to become another Venezuela. But Mr. Obrador proved his critics wrong using populism with fiscal responsibility and pushing Mexico’s polity, which was dominated by the pro-American, …

Challenges before Mexico's first woman president
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Challenges before Mexico's first woman president

Hindustan Times  

On June 4 Claudia Sheinbaum made history by becoming the first woman president of Mexico, a country of 130 million people. The discourse on increasing the participation of women in leadership and policy making started in 1975 at the United Nations’ First World Conference on Women, coincidentally held in Mexico City. In 2018, women won half the seats in Mexico’s …

Opinion: Mexico’s election of Claudia Sheinbaum is historic. But should we be celebrating it?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Mexico’s election of Claudia Sheinbaum is historic. But should we be celebrating it?

LA Times  

Mexico City mayoral candidate Santiago Taboada quoted the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda on social media recently: “They can cut all the flowers, but they can’t stop the spring.” It was a jab at outgoing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, and his Morena party. Party members had been seen removing Taboada’s campaign flyers in the Mexico City …

Biden, US-Mexico Border Crisis Loom Large in Sheinbaum’s Early Hours
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden, US-Mexico Border Crisis Loom Large in Sheinbaum’s Early Hours

Live Mint  

Claudia Sheinbaum had mere hours to enjoy the victory that will make her Mexico’s first female president before her northern neighbor reminded her how difficult the new gig will be. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} A congratulatory call from President Joe Biden on Monday came amid reports that he would sign an executive order limiting asylum claims at the country’s southern border, the …

Market jitters follow election of first woman as Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Market jitters follow election of first woman as Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Hours after declaring victory, Mexico’s newly elected president, the first woman to win the job, faced a market meltdown Monday and a tough path toward reconciling a country deeply divided by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. A supporter of ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum holds a flag that reads in Spanish “we won” after general …

From migration to cartels: What are the challenges that await Mexico’s new president?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

From migration to cartels: What are the challenges that await Mexico’s new president?

Firstpost  

Mexico has elected its first-ever woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum. From tackling the crime rate to economic headwinds, she faces an array of daunting challenges ahead President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum addresses supporters at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, after the National Electoral Institute announced she held an irreversible lead in the election on 3 June. “The ominous spread of organised crime …

A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum?

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum, who will be Mexico’s first woman leader in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence, captured the presidency by promising continuity. Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum arrives at her closing campaign rally at the Zocalo in Mexico City, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. A supporter of presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum takes a selfie with a campaign …

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first woman president
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first woman president

The Hindu  

Mexico’s projected presidential winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first woman President in the country’s 200-year history. “I will become the first woman president of Mexico,” Ms. Sheinbaum said with a smile, speaking at a downtown hotel shortly after electoral authorities announced a statistical sample showed she held an irreversible lead. The National Electoral Institute’s president said Ms. Sheinbaum had …

Mexico awaits results in an election likely to choose the country’s first female president
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico awaits results in an election likely to choose the country’s first female president

The Hindu  

Polls closed in a national vote on June 2 that will likely give Mexico its first female president, but the heat, violence and polarization continued right through election day. Nationwide, voting was largely peaceful, but it appeared that even if the front-runner — former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum — wins, she is unlikely to enjoy the kind of unquestioning …

Mexico elects its first female president
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico elects its first female president

NPR  

Mexico elects its first female president toggle caption Israel Fuguemann for NPR MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, was overwhelmingly elected Mexico’s first female president on Sunday, a historic milestone in a country rife with gender-based violence and misogyny. toggle caption Israel Fuguemann for NPR Ignacio Morales cast his vote on Sunday …

‘La Presidenta’: Claudia Sheinbaum wins historic Mexico election mandate
6 months, 3 weeks ago

‘La Presidenta’: Claudia Sheinbaum wins historic Mexico election mandate

Al Jazeera  

The country’s first female president faces a raft of challenges, from crime to a fractured polity. Mexico has elected Claudia Sheinbaum, a former mayor of the capital, as the country’s first female president after a heated election on Sunday, with the nation’s top election authority projecting a comfortable win for the 61-year-old physicist-turned-politician. Sheinbaum, a protege of Mexico’s outgoing President …

Analysis: How did Mexico elect a female president before the United States? Not by accident
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Analysis: How did Mexico elect a female president before the United States? Not by accident

LA Times  

Claudia Sheinbaum addresses supporters early Monday in Mexico City after the National Electoral Institute announced she held an irreversible lead in the election. Mexico has elected its first female president — a U.S.-educated climate scientist and former mayor whose landslide victory Sunday reflects both the continued dominance of the country’s ruling party as well as the vast strides made by …

Leaders praise ‘historic’ victory as Sheinbaum triumphs in Mexican election
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Leaders praise ‘historic’ victory as Sheinbaum triumphs in Mexican election

Al Jazeera  

Leaders from across the Americas have offered congratulations to Claudia Sheinbaum, whose thumping victory in Mexico’s national election will make her the first woman to hold the presidency in the country’s history. “I am very happy with her victory, because she represents my great friend Lopez Obrador who has led an extraordinary government,” Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva …

Mexico's first female president Claudia Sheinbaum declared in election overshadowed with murder and violence
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico's first female president Claudia Sheinbaum declared in election overshadowed with murder and violence

ABC  

In short: Mexico's ruling Morena party says its candidate Claudia Sheinbaum will become Mexico's first female president. Mexico's ruling Morena party says its candidate Claudia Sheinbaum will become Mexico's first female president. Claudia Sheinbaum has won a landslide victory to become Mexico's first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador whose popularity …

A historic first as Mexico elects its first female president
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A historic first as Mexico elects its first female president

NPR  

A historic first as Mexico elects its first female president A MARTÍNEZ: OK, here's the sound of history being made in Mexico City. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum says women have reached the presidency of the Mexican Republic for the first time in 200 years. Now Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, a 61-year-old environmental engineer, the former mayor of Mexico …

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president

Associated Press  

Read the latest: Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as 1st female president of Mexico MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s projected presidential winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first female president in the country’s 200-year history. “Of course, I congratulate Claudia Sheinbaum with all my respect who ended up the winner by a wide margin,” López Obrador said shortly after the electoral authorities’ …

Mexico set to elect first female president in historic vote
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico set to elect first female president in historic vote

Al Jazeera  

The vote has been heralded as a major step in Mexico, with the winner becoming the first woman leader in a country often criticised for its macho culture. Mexicans are voting in national elections with the ruling party candidate, Claudia Sheinbaum, commanding a hefty lead in the polls and expected to become the country’s first female president. Polls have consistently …

Mexico on brink of electing first woman president
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico on brink of electing first woman president

New Indian Express  

Mexican voters are expected to make history Sunday by electing their first woman president, a milestone in the crime-plagued country where gender-based violence and discrimination have long been rampant. Ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, a former Mexico City mayor and a scientist by training, had a 17 percentage point lead over her main opposition rival Xochitl Galvez on the eve …

Mexico elects leftist Claudia Sheinbaum as the first female president in its history
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico elects leftist Claudia Sheinbaum as the first female president in its history

LA Times  

Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters early Monday. Claudia Sheinbaum, a U.S.-educated scientist-turned-politician, was elected Sunday as Mexico’s first female president, shattering gender barriers in a country known for a culture of machismo and high rates of violence against women. “We all arrived.” The leftist former mayor of Mexico City, Sheinbaum, 61, will also become the first president of Jewish ancestry in …

Mexico’s presidential race is between two women. So why is everyone talking about one man?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico’s presidential race is between two women. So why is everyone talking about one man?

LA Times  

Supporters of presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum fill the Zócalo in Mexico City for a rally on March 1. Claudia Sheinbaum, López Obrador’s protege and the former mayor of Mexico City, is heavily favored to win the election — in large part because she has vowed to advance his signature projects, including welfare programs and efforts to reform the judiciary. López …

Mexico elections: all you need to know
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico elections: all you need to know

NPR  

Mexico elections: all you need to know toggle caption Eduardo Verdugo/AP MEXICO CITY — During one of the presidential debates, Claudia Sheinbaum’s “empathy” was a topic of debate. If people have employment, that’s enough.” Carlos Bravo Regidor, a political analyst in Mexico City, said the political candidates can’t be broken down into ideologies, like Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. …

She’s likely to be Mexico’s next president. Can she save the country from cartel violence?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

She’s likely to be Mexico’s next president. Can she save the country from cartel violence?

LA Times  

As mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated a dramatic drop in violent crime, including a 50% plunge in homicides. “The Mexico City model is not replicable,” said Carlos Pérez Ricart, a political scientist at Mexico’s Center for Research and Teaching in Economics, citing the high costs of hiring and training officers. “There’s nothing that rips apart the social fabric …

What to know about Mexico’s massive elections on Sunday
6 months, 3 weeks ago

What to know about Mexico’s massive elections on Sunday

LA Times  

Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters at a campaign rally in Mexico City this month. CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM Frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum, 61, a scientist, academic and former mayor of Mexico City, is widely viewed as López Obrador’s handpicked successor. but M of mujer.” Presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez waves to supporters at a campaign event in Huixquilucán, México, just outside Mexico …

A trailblazing feminist says Mexico’s ‘triumph’ of a first female president is no surprise
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A trailblazing feminist says Mexico’s ‘triumph’ of a first female president is no surprise

NPR  

A trailblazing feminist says Mexico’s ‘triumph’ of a first female president is no surprise toggle caption Israel Fuguemann /NPR MEXICO CITY — At 92, Elena Poniatowska, one of Mexico's most distinguished writers, has chronicled decades of women’s history in the country. “I’ve always believed in women,” Poniatowska told NPR, just days before a historic election in which one of two …

Mexico may break its presidential glass ceiling. Why can't the U.S.?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico may break its presidential glass ceiling. Why can't the U.S.?

LA Times  

Claudia Sheinbaum, Morena’s party presidential candidate, at WTC Mexico City on Sept. 6. I don’t have an endorsement in this race, but it seems like a good time to wonder why the U.S., a global leader in so many ways, is behind in breaking this particular glass ceiling. But unless it is followed up with a longer-term law enforcement strategy, …

Mexico’s presidential front-runner walks a thin, tense line in following outgoing populist
7 months ago

Mexico’s presidential front-runner walks a thin, tense line in following outgoing populist

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — As she runs to replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum is struggling to construct her own image, leaving many wondering whether she can escape the shadow of the larger-than-life incumbent. Presidential hopeful Claudia Sheinbaum, center, greets supporters upon her arrival at a campaign rally in Mexico City, Monday, April 22, 2024. Mexican presidential hopeful …

Mexico’s ruling party presidential candidate slips, says outgoing leader led by ‘personal ambition’
7 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s ruling party presidential candidate slips, says outgoing leader led by ‘personal ambition’

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s ruling party presidential candidate slipped up during a campaign speech Friday and said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was motivated by “personal ambition,” but later acknowledged the phrase “could be misinterpreted.” In Mexico it is used to describe a desire for personal economic gain. Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum holds a comfortable polling lead ahead …

Candidates spar in Mexico’s first presidential debate ahead of June 2 election
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Candidates spar in Mexico’s first presidential debate ahead of June 2 election

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — In Mexico’s first presidential debate on Sunday ahead of June 2 elections, former Mexico City Mayor and frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum appeared comfortable with her polling lead, remaining calm amid ex-Senator Xóchitl Gálvez’s personal attacks. Jorge Álvarez Máynez, a candidate from the Citizen Movement party who is polling in single digits, grinned widely and presented himself as an …

Mexico election race heats up as two women vie for presidency
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico election race heats up as two women vie for presidency

New Indian Express  

FRESNILLO: Campaigning officially began Friday for elections likely to produce Mexico's first woman president—a watershed for a nation with a long tradition of macho culture. Opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez launched her campaign after the stroke of midnight in one of Mexico's most dangerous states, seeking to tap into voter concerns about the country's rampant violence. Public opinion polls suggest that …

Mexico will likely elect a woman as its next president, but money to govern is already being spent
10 months, 1 week ago

Mexico will likely elect a woman as its next president, but money to govern is already being spent

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico is almost certain to elect its first female president in June — both leading candidates are women — but it’s almost equally as certain that she won’t have much room to act independently of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. “In order to deactivate the current fiscal vulnerability, the incoming administration will have to adjust fiscally …

Mexico is likely to elect its first woman president as the country faces a regional migration crisis
54 years, 11 months ago

Mexico is likely to elect its first woman president as the country faces a regional migration crisis

Associated Press  

DATE OF ELECTION June 2 TYPE OF ELECTION Presidential, congressional WHO’S RUNNING For the first time in history, two women are the top competitors for the helm of Mexico’s government. Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has maintained a firm lead in polls and is running under Morena, the party of current Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In a …

Third-party candidate leaves Mexico’s 2024 presidential race. Next leader now likely to be a woman
1 year ago

Third-party candidate leaves Mexico’s 2024 presidential race. Next leader now likely to be a woman

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A third-party candidate announced Saturday he is leaving Mexico’s 2024 presidential race, practically ensuring the country ’s next president will be a woman. Samuel García, the governor of the northern border state of Nuevo Leon, said Saturday he won’t run for president in the June 2 elections. While García’s small Citizen’s Movement party could yet nominate another …

Mexico’s ruling party names gubernatorial candidates, but questions remain about unity
1 year, 1 month ago

Mexico’s ruling party names gubernatorial candidates, but questions remain about unity

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s ruling party on Saturday named its candidates for eight governorships and the mayorship of Mexico City. For the moment, former capital police chief Omar García Harfuch — who won polls on the city race but was knocked out by a gender quota requiring a female candidate — told local media he had no plans to leave …

Mexico is likely to get its first female president after top parties choose 2 women as candidates
1 year, 3 months ago

Mexico is likely to get its first female president after top parties choose 2 women as candidates

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the country’s ruling party in next June’s election, Mexico will for the first time have time two women from its main political movements competing for the presidency. On Wednesday night, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party announced that Sheinbaum, a climate scientist, …

Two women to vie for Mexican presidency in 2024 as Claudia Sheinbaum named ruling party’s candidate
1 year, 3 months ago

Two women to vie for Mexican presidency in 2024 as Claudia Sheinbaum named ruling party’s candidate

Firstpost  

Sheinbaum, a 61-year-old scientist by training, will face Xochitl Galvez, an outspoken businesswoman and senator with Indigenous roots selected to represent an opposition coalition, the Broad Front for Mexico Two women will compete for the Mexican presidency for the first time next year after the ruling party on Wednesday named former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as its candidate. President …

Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum to be the ruling party’s presidential candidate
1 year, 3 months ago

Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum to be the ruling party’s presidential candidate

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The former mayor of Mexico City will be the dominant ruling party’s presidential candidate, moving the country closer to electing its first female president next year. The decision driven by polls of Morena party members means that Claudia Sheinbaum will run as the party’s candidate in the June election. Morena national council president Alfonso Durazo said Sheinbaum …

Claudia Sheinbaum named Mexico ruling party’s 2024 presidential candidate
1 year, 3 months ago

Claudia Sheinbaum named Mexico ruling party’s 2024 presidential candidate

Al Jazeera  

The AMLO ally and former mayor of Mexico City won the nomination decisively and will be in a strong position going into the June 2 election. Mexico’s governing party has named former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as its candidate for the 2024 presidential elections, putting her in pole position to become the country’s first woman leader. The party’s national …

Candidates vying to run to become Mexico’s president under AMLO’s party close their campaigns
1 year, 3 months ago

Candidates vying to run to become Mexico’s president under AMLO’s party close their campaigns

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Two presidential contenders vying for the coveted spot as the candidate of Mexico’s ruling Morena party in upcoming elections closed their campaigns for the nomination this weekend. In recent months, Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, and Marcelo Ebrard, the country’s former foreign minister, have fiercely competed for the candidacy of populist President Andrés Manuel …

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