(Bloomberg) — Mexico’s deficit in 2025 could reach as much as 3.5% of gross domestic product, the nation’s president-elect said, an indication that she won’t necessarily hold herself to an earlier government forecast of around 3%. Most Read from Bloomberg The country will maintain responsible public finances, reduce the deficit and hold off on starting […]
(Bloomberg) — Mexico’s peso sank after President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said a proposed reform of the nation’s judicial system would be among the first to be discussed in congress, spooking investors who worry it will erode checks on the ruling party. Most Read from Bloomberg A constitutional reform to the judiciary system will be part of […]
Four days after Mexico held presidential elections, government candidate Claudia Sheinbaum has been officially declared the winner, making her the first female president in the country’s history. A former mayor of Mexico City, Sheinbaum from the ruling left-wing Morena party won 59.75% of the votes, the electoral authority said late on Thursday. Her main challenger, […]
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 […]
The German government has congratulated Claudia Sheinbaum on her victory in the presidential election in Mexico. A Foreign Office spokesman said in Berlin on Monday that Germany would be “very happy to work closely with the future government and will also seek to establish contact in the near future.” “We are of course looking forward […]
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 […]
Left-wing government candidate Claudia Sheinbaum is set to become Mexico’s first female president after her rivals conceded in an election marred by political violence. “I would like to thank the millions of Mexican women and men who voted for us on this historic day,” said Sheinbaum, as supporters gathered in Mexico City to celebrate with […]
By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Claudia Sheinbaum basked in the glow of a thumping presidential win late Sunday, thanking supporters who gathered at the capital’s iconic Zocalo plaza shortly after 1 a.m. to applaud Mexico’s first female president. For months, the Nobel prize-winning physicist-turned-Mexico City mayor was the clear frontrunner in the […]
Left-wing government candidate Claudia Sheinbaum is poised to become Mexico’s first female president, in an historic election overshadowed by violence, according to preliminary results. Frontrunner Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City, garnered between 58.3 and 60.7% of the votes, well ahead of her main challenger Xóchitl Gálvez, the electoral authority of the world’s most […]
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 […]
By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – In early May, Claudia Sheinbaum, the favorite to win Mexico’s upcoming presidential election next month, suddenly pulled out of a planned visit to Apatzingan, a town in the violent state of Michoacan. Three sources from her inner circle told Reuters the decision was taken because a drug cartel […]