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Mexico will soon elect its first female president – but that landmark masks an uneven march toward women's rights

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The Conversation

Sound of Freedom film producer plots long-shot bid for Mexican presidency

Eduardo Verástegui, who also acts in movie embraced by QAnon followers, files paperwork for 2024 election

The Guardian - US

First Thing: Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake

Environmental and community groups file lawsuit as lake shrinks from overuse. Plus, US Open struggles in New York heatwave

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Mexico set for first female president in 2024 election

Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and senator Xóchitl Gálvez were selected as the candidates for the two major electoral groups

The Guardian - AU

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

The former mayor of Mexico City will be the dominant ruling party’s presidential candidate, making it highly likely that the country will elect its first female president next year

The Independent UK

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

Two presidential contenders vying for the coveted spot as the candidate of Mexico’s ruling party, Morena, in upcoming presidential elections, closed their campaigns for the nomination this weekend

The Independent UK

Experts warn against wave of fake news ahead of Mexico’s 2024 presidential election

Mexico's 2024 presidential election is less than a year away and political analysts and academics are warning of a wave of disinformation and fake news that continues to spread online

The Independent UK

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Mexicans march to mark 5-year anniversary of AMLO’s election

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador drew thousands in a march to celebrate the fifth anniversary of his election victory.

Tribune News Service

Mexico's governing party to decide its presidential nomination by polling

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's governing Morena party has decided that a series of five polls over the summer will decide the party's nomination for the June 2024 presidential election

The Independent UK

Mexico foreign minister quits in bid to clinch presidential nomination

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, one of the leading contenders to be the country's next leader, said on Tuesday he will resign to focus on winning the presidential nomination of the ruling party for the 2024 election.

Reuters

Mexico's foreign minister plans to step down to pursue presidential bid

Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard will resign his position next week to dedicate himself to seeking the nomination of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s party for next year’s presidential election

The Independent UK

Mexican president urges unity among ruling party contenders

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had sought to promote unity within the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) during a dinner on Monday evening attended by the party's main contenders to succeed him.

Reuters

Election of Delfina Gómez as governor of Mexico state signals decline of PRI

The PRI – once the overwhelmingly dominant party of Mexico in the 20th century – is now a weak and also-ran political force

The Guardian - US

Mexico president's ruling party rolls to win in country's most populous state

Mexico’s most populous state has turned its back on decades of single-party rule, deciding to move forward with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ruling Morena party

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Reuters

Mexico's rulers clinch opposition bastion ahead of presidency race

Mexico's ruling party comfortably captured a major historic stronghold of the opposition in an election on Sunday, consolidating President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's hold on power ahead of the battle to succeed him next year.

Reuters

Mexican president's party set to win State of Mexico: electoral authority

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) is poised to win the governorship of the State of Mexico, the state's electoral institute forecast on Sunday.

Reuters

Mexican president's party to win key state in election

The party of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was set to win a major opposition bastion in a state election on Sunday, preliminary results showed, giving the country's leader a boost as he seeks to pave the way for a successor next year.

The Independent UK

Election in Mexico's most populous state seen as preview of 2024 national contest

Mexicans in two states, including the country’s most populous, will elect new governors Sunday, having only known single-party rule for nearly a century

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Reuters

Mexico rulers tipped to win historic state election as presidency race looms

Mexico's ruling party next month looks likely to seize one of the last major opposition strongholds in a gubernatorial election that could also help determine its candidate to succeed leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador next year.

Reuters

Mexican president ramps up rhetoric, economic intervention as election nears

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's increasing attacks on adversaries and interventions in the economy are part of a calculated drive to cement his legacy and consolidate support for his successor in an election next year.

The Guardian - US

Land of no return: the Mexican city torn apart by cartel kidnappings

Violence in Fresnillo between Sinaloa and Jalisco groups mirrors national trend – and critics say Amlo has failed to act

The Independent UK

Mexican high court overturns reforms rushed through Congress

Mexico’s Supreme Court has voted to overturn a pair of electoral law reforms favored by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, because Congress rushed them through to a vote without proper debate, or even time to read them

Reuters

Mexican president backs plan to ditch transparency institute

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday backed a proposal to scrap Mexico's freedom of information body, adding it to a planned bonfire of autonomous watchdogs and regulators that he argues are unnecessary and hostile toward him.

Los Angeles Times

Mexico’s president says ‘it would be better’ if this government watchdog didn’t exist

MEXICO CITY — When Blanca Lilia Ibarra was a reporter in the 1980s, getting information on the workings of the Mexican government depended on who you knew.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy addresses Mexican congress, denounces critics

Ukrainian president slammed politicians who seek ‘some sort of populism’ by dismissing his country’s pursuit of peace.

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