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☆ Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as the country’s first-ever female president, electoral institute says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum of ''Sigamos Haciendo Historia'' coalition waves to supporters during the 2024 closing campaign event at Zocalo on May 29, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Mexico's left-leaning climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum secured enough votes to become the Latin American country's first-ever female president. The country's electoral institute published a rapid count estimate late Sunday night saying that Sheinbaum had won the presidential election. Sheinbaum has previously worked as a contributing author to a report from the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Yet, the 61-year-old did not make the climate threats facing Mexico a central part of her campaign.

Persons: Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's, Sheinbaum, Xóchitl Gálvez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, AMLO, Verisk Maplecroft Organizations: American, Mexico City Locations: Zocalo, Mexico City, Mexico, Sheinbaum, Morena

☆ Preliminary results project Claudia Sheinbaum to become Mexico’s first female president
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Mexico is set to elect its first female president, with preliminary results showing Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico City’s former mayor and climate scientist, is on track to win the country’s largest election in history. The 61-year-old rode the wave of popularity of her longtime political ally, the outgoing leftist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and their Morena party. Not only is she set to be Mexico’s first female president, Sheinbaum will also be the country’s first leader of Jewish heritage, although she rarely speaks publicly about her personal background and has governed as a secular leftist. Supporters of Claudia Sheinbaum celebrate during an election rally in Mexico City on June 2, 2024. If the court validates the election, Sheinbaum will take office on October 1.

Persons: Claudia Sheinbaum, Sheinbaum, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Xóchitl Gálvez, Jorge Álvarez Máynez, Sheinbaum’s, Luis Antonio Rojas, Jesús María Tarriba Unger, López Obrador, coy Organizations: CNN, National Electoral Institute, National Action, Institutional Revolutionary, Democratic Revolution, Citizens ’ Movement, Bloomberg, Getty, Morena, Mexico City, Judicial, Federation Locations: Mexico, Morena, Mexico City

Jacob Garcia/ReutersPolls in Mexico are set to close at 6 p.m. local time. More than 98 million voters are registered to cast a ballot in Mexico, and 1.4 million Mexicans are eligible to vote abroad. How voting has unfolded so far: Polls opened at 8 a.m. local time, however, on Sunday, some voting stations in parts of the country opened with delays. Outside polling stations, voters told CNN that public security was one of their main concerns. US officials are closely monitoring the presidential election as it comes at a critical time for the Biden administration.

Persons: Jacob Garcia, Claudia Sheinbaum, Xochitl, Jorge Álvarez Máynez, “ Morena, Gálvez, Biden Organizations: Reuters, Morena, PAN, ’ Movement, CNN, Electoral Institute, Mexican Consulate Locations: San Juan Chamula, Mexico, Mexico City, Yucatán, Madrid, Spain, United States, Mexican, Los Angeles

CNN —Mexicans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in a historic election expected to return the country’s first woman president. More than 98 million voters are registered to cast a ballot in Mexico, and 1.4 million Mexicans are eligible to vote abroad. Mexico's opposition presidential candidate Xochitl Gálvez outside a polling station in Mexico City on June 2, 2024. Outside polling stations, voters told CNN that public security was one of their main concerns. Jorge Luis Plata/ReutersUS officials are closely monitoring the presidential election as it comes at a critical time for the Biden administration.

Persons: Claudia Sheinbaum, Xochitl, Jorge Álvarez Máynez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Sheinbaum, ” Gálvez, Luis Cortes, ”, Jorge Luis Plata, Biden, CNN’s Michelle Velez, Priscilla Alvarez Organizations: CNN, Morena, PAN, ’ Movement, Reuters, Electoral Institute, coy, Republicans, Biden, Homeland Security Locations: Mexico, Mexico City, Yucatán, San Bartolome Quialana

2024 Mexico Presidential Election: Live ResultsThe first preliminary results are expected after 10 p.m. Eastern. % Seats Morena and Allies 0 0.0 % Strength and Heart for Mexico 0 0.0 % Citizens’ Movement 0 0.0 % Note: Vote counts and vote share percentages are preliminary. On election night, preliminary results will be provided in real time. Máynez Gálvez Sheinbaum Tie No results Máynez Gálvez Sheinbaum Tie No results Máynez Gálvez Sheinbaum Tie No results No results Sheinbaum Gálvez Tie MáynezAs Mexico heads to the polls, voters are deeply concerned about rising cartel violence, which has emerged as a top election issue. Results by StateThe table below shows preliminary results from the June 2 election in each state grouped by the winner of the last general election.

Persons: Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Organizations: Party, ’, National Electoral Institute Locations: Mexico, Guanajuato

☆ Mexico’s president is on the attack. It’s political ‘gold’ for his rival
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( David Shortell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Gálvez’s remarkable ascent comes as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has levied a near-daily stream of attacks against her. The immensely popular López Obrador is barred under Mexican law from seeking re-election after completing his six-year term. However it dismissed a complaint from Gálvez that the president had violated laws against gender-based political violence. In the days since the ruling against him, López Obrador has moved between open disregard, winking half-measures, and begrudging obedience. López Obrador has sought to tie the candidate to the country’s historic ruling elite with the claims, which she has denied.

Persons: Mexico City CNN —, Xóchitl Gálvez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, López Obrador, ”, Gálvez, “ AMLO, ” Enrique Quintana, “, Carlos Bravo Regidor, López, Morena, –, Lopez Obrador, Fernando Llano, — Gálvez, El Financiero, I’m, Arturo Ramos Sobarzo, —, Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal Organizations: Mexico City CNN, Frente, El, Quarterly, Morena, Morena flagbearer, PAN, CNN, National Electoral Institute, Center for Investigation, Informatics, Mexico City’s Escuela Libre, Supreme Locations: Mexico, Mexico City

☆ Mexico's top court strikes down part of electoral overhaul
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, June 22 (Reuters) - Mexico's Supreme Court ruled in a lopsided vote on Thursday to strike down part of a legislative overhaul of the country's electoral authority which was championed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Nine of the court's 11 justices voted to invalidate the reform, the court announced on Twitter, which overall would significantly shrink Mexico's national electoral institute INE and cut its budget. Critics of the reform drive counter that the electoral shake-up would cede power to state and local officials, many of whom are currently affiliated with Lopez Obrador's Morena party. In March, Lopez Obrador said he will seek a vote on a broader electoral reform just before leaving office, if Morena and its allies can win a supermajority in the next Congress which would be needed to enact constitutional changes. Reporting by Raul Cortes Fernandez and Valentine Hilaire; Editing by David Alire GarciaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador's, Raul Cortes Fernandez, Valentine Hilaire, David Alire Garcia Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Twitter, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Lopez Obrador's Morena, Morena

☆ Mexican president's party set to win State of Mexico: electoral authority
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/3] Ballots are counted by officials during the election day for governor of the State of Mexico, at a polling station in Toluca, Mexico, June 4, 2023. REUTERS/Henry RomeroMEXICO CITY, June 4 (Reuters) - 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. A preliminary estimate showed MORENA's candidate Delfina Gomez was on track to win 52.1-54.2% support, while opposition contender Alejandra del Moral was expected to garner between 43.0-45.2%, the electoral institute said after Sunday's vote. Reporting by Dave Graham; editing by Stephen EisenhammerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Henry Romero MEXICO, Andres Manuel Lopez, Delfina Gomez, Alejandra del Moral, Dave Graham, Stephen Eisenhammer Organizations: REUTERS, Henry Romero MEXICO CITY, Regeneration, Thomson Locations: State of Mexico, Toluca , Mexico

☆ Mexico's rulers scoop up opposition bastion ahead of presidency vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The victory adds Mexico's most populous region to the 21 other states MORENA already controls, now more than two-thirds of the total. The centrist PRI has governed the State of Mexico since 1929, the date from which it began its long domination of Mexico. Defeated for the presidency in 2000, it bounced back in 2012 but was drubbed by Lopez Obrador six years later. "We defeated corruption and neglect," MORENA's triumphant candidate Delfina Gomez told cheering supporters after the vote, hailing the PRI's ousting. Gomez, who narrowly lost the previous state election, will be the State of Mexico's first female governor.

Persons: Delfina Gomez, Henry Romero MEXICO, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's, Lopez, MORENA, Lopez Obrador, MORENA's, Gomez, Alejandra del, Claudia Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, Sheinbaum, Dave Graham, Gerry Doyle Organizations: National Regeneration, REUTERS, Henry Romero MEXICO CITY, Sunday, Regeneration, Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, Mexico City's, Foreign, MORENA, Thomson Locations: State, Mexico, Toluca, MORENA, Mexico's, Coahuila

☆ Mexico's top court invalidates part of president's electoral reform
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, May 8 (Reuters) - Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of an electoral overhaul championed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that curbs the power of the country's elections authority, which the leftist leader has repeatedly attacked. A separate part of the legislative reform, which slashes the budget and staffing at the National Electoral Institute (INE), is still being evaluated by the tribunal. In March, the court temporarily suspended other parts of the overhaul, citing violations of citizens' political rights. Lopez Obrador says he was twice robbed of the presidency before he won by a landslide in the 2018 election, and argues the INE is too expensive and biased in favor of his opponents. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in February after lawmakers approved the reform, in one of the largest protests so far against Lopez Obrador's 4-1/2 year-old administration.

☆ Mexico government to challenge Supreme Court suspension of electoral reform
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A general view of the Supreme Court building where Ministers elected a new President for the Supreme Court, in Mexico City, Mexico January 2, 2023.REUTERS/Henry Romero/File PhotoMEXICO CITY, March 26 (Reuters) - The Mexican government said Sunday it would challenge the Supreme Court's temporary suspension of parts of a controversial electoral reform pushed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The Supreme Court on Friday halted parts of the reform, which was a scaled-down version of a failed constitutional reform originally sought. The court also confirmed it will consider a lawsuit from independent electoral institute INE that seeks to overturn it. The Supreme Court's statement said in its statement Friday that the case involved "the possible violation of citizen's political-electoral rights." The government has said the reform seeks to reduce the bureaucratic costs of elections and strengthen democratic principles.

☆ Mexicans Rally Nationwide Against President’s Electoral Overhaul
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Juan Montes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Protestors say that the Mexican president’s overhaul of election systems threatens democracy. MEXICO CITY—Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans rallied across the country for the second time in less than four months against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ’s overhaul of the country’s independent election agency, saying it will cripple its ability to organize next year’s presidential election. In one of the largest protests against Mr. López Obrador’s administration, more than 150,000 demonstrators filled Mexico’s large Zócalo square and adjacent streets in the historic district of the country’s capital, a senior police official said. Protesters waved flags, umbrellas and banners with the distinctive pink colors of the National Electoral Institute, also known as INE. Others wore pink caps and clothes.

☆ 'Playing with fire': Mass protest planned against Mexico electoral overhaul
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MEXICO CITY, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Mexico's opposition plans a mass protest on Sunday against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's drive to shrink the independent electoral authority, arguing the changes threaten democracy - an accusation he vigorously denies. Mexico's Congress last week approved a major overhaul of the National Electoral Institute (INE), which Lopez Obrador has repeatedly attacked as corrupt and inefficient. According to the INE, the president's overhaul violates the constitution, curbs the institute's independence and eliminates thousands of jobs dedicated to safeguarding the electoral process, making it harder to hold free and fair elections. This week he called the INE "anti-democratic" and a tool of the ruling elite, accusing it of fomenting electoral fraud. Critics of the INE overhaul argue Lopez Obrador is not confident MORENA can retain power without interference in the electoral process.

☆ Mexican Legislators Vote to Cut Election Agency’s Budget and Staff
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Juan Montes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Legislation to overhaul Mexico’s election agency was supported by the country’s ruling party. MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s Senate passed laws to cut the budget and staff of the country’s independent election agency, a measure that opponents said risks weakening the country’s democracy by hampering the agency’s ability to organize reliable elections. The Senate voted 72-50 on Wednesday to overhaul the country’s National Electoral Institute, with lawmakers of the ruling Morena party and its allies supporting the bills and opposition parties voting against them. The four electoral bills were previously approved by the lower house of Congress.

☆ Mexico passes electoral overhaul that critics warn weakens democracy
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Mexican lawmakers on Wednesday approved a controversial overhaul of the body overseeing the country's elections, a move critics warn will weaken democracy ahead of a presidential vote next year. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador argues the reorganization will save $150 million a year and reduce the influence of economic interests in politics. The Senate approved the reform, which still needs to be signed into law by Lopez Obrador, 72 to 50. The INE has played an important role in the shift to multi-party democracy since Mexico left federal one-party rule in 2000. Lopez Obrador has repeatedly attacked the electoral agency, saying voter fraud robbed him of victory in the 2006 presidential election.

[1/2] People take part in a protest against the electoral reform proposed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and in support of the National Electoral Institute (INE) in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, November 13, 2022. Without opposition support, Lopez Obrador cannot pass his planned electoral overhaul, a constitutional reform which requires a two-thirds majority in Congress. Critics view that as a presidential power grab, something Lopez Obrador denies. If the bill founders, Lopez Obrador has mooted lesser changes that only require a simple majority. Lopez Obrador may have a last chance to reshape the INE when four of its 11 commissioners step down next April.

☆ Mexico's president dismisses mass protest against electoral overhaul
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] An areal view shows people protesting against the electoral reform proposed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and in support of the National Electoral Institute (INE), in Monterrey, Mexico, November 13, 2022. "They did it in favor of corruption, in favor of racism, classism, discrimination," Lopez Obrador said in a regular news conference. Lopez Obrador, has long criticized the country's electoral authorities, including accusing them of helping to engineer his defeats when he ran for the presidency in 2006 and 2012. The president argues his plan will make the INE more democratic by allowing the public to vote for its board. Reporting by Mexico City Newsroom; Editing by Paul SimaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Mexicans Protest President’s Plans to Overhaul Election Agency
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Juan Montes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

MEXICO CITY—Tens of thousands of Mexicans demonstrated on Sunday across the country against an overhaul of the electoral system proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that opponents say risks undermining Mexico’s democracy. Demonstrators took to the streets in more than two dozen cities, waving flags and wearing caps and T-shirts in the pink colors of Mexico’s autonomous agency in charge of organizing elections. They shouted slogans in defense of the National Electoral Institute, or INE, as the agency is known.

☆ Tens of thousands protest Mexican president's electoral reform plan
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Demonstrators march against the electoral reform proposed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and in support of the National Electoral Institute (INE) in Mexico City, Mexico, November 13, 2022. In the past, Lopez Obrador pursued contentious policies by pitching referendums - including on the cancellation of a part-built airport - to claim popular mandates for his objectives. Organizers put the number at hundreds of thousands but some political allies of Lopez Obrador gave far lower estimates. Lopez Obrador posted a video message on his Twitter as he celebrated his 69th birthday - but did not address the protests. Reporting by Stefanie Eschenbacher, Dave Graham and Carlos Carrillo in Mexico City; editing by Diane CraftOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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