The mayor of a town in western Mexico was killed on Monday, the regional government said, barely 24 hours after Claudia Sheinbaum was elected the Latin American country’s first woman president. The Michoacan state government condemned “the murder of the municipal president (mayor) of Cotija, Yolanda Sanchez Figueroa,” the regional interior ministry said in a […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — 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. Claudia Sheinbaum has promised to continue the political course set by her populist predecessor […]
Claudia Sheinbaum on Sunday was elected president of Mexico, becoming the first woman and the first Jewish person ever to ascend to the position. Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor, emerged with between 58.3 percent and 60.7 percent of the vote, the National Electoral Institute’s president said, citing a statistical sample projecting […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — 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. The 61-year-old former Mexico City mayor and lifelong leftist ran a disciplined campaign capitalizing on her predecessor’s popularity before emerging victorious in Sunday’s vote, according to an […]
Mexico’s projected presidential election winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first woman President in the country’s 200-year history. Ms Sheinbaum said in Mexico City: “I will become the first woman president of Mexico,” shortly after electoral authorities announced a statistical sample that showed she holds an irreversible lead. The climate scientist and former Mexico City […]
Self-proclaimed “animal lover” state Rep. Claudia Ordaz is being recognized for her work to protect animals through her work as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. Ordaz, D-El Paso, was presented the Humane Hero Award by the political nonprofit Texas Humane Legislation Network during its Animal Advocacy Day event April 13 at Baylor […]
(Bloomberg) — Mexico’s leading presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum intends, if elected, to evaluate the military’s role in the corporations that have been placed under its control by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Most Read from Bloomberg “We have to evaluate how it’s working and, in any case, change the situation,” the frontrunner said Friday when […]