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

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

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. Officials from countries including Brazil, Chile and the United States have offered praise for the newly minted president-elect,…

How federal agents protect candidates in Mexico’s deadly election season | Elections News

How federal agents protect candidates in Mexico’s deadly election season | Elections News

When LeBaron was first allocated a security team, he was reluctant. He refused to even let Ayala drive. “I underestimated him,” he said. Nowadays, though, LeBaron admits he leans on his security team. Agent Ayala is never far away, watching for danger. Ayala explained that the only time the security…

The fall of Mexico’s PRI party, a once-dominant political force | Elections News

The fall of Mexico’s PRI party, a once-dominant political force | Elections News

Mexico City, Mexico – Such a political turnaround would have been almost unthinkable a decade ago. Since 2009, Alejandra del Moral had been synonymous with the conservative Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI, Mexico’s then-dominant political beast. She was the youngest mayor in the country at the time and the first…

In Mexico’s election, candidates grapple with the search for the missing | Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador News

In Mexico’s election, candidates grapple with the search for the missing | Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador News

Mexico City, Mexico – Mother’s Day on Friday was a sombre occasion for Joanna Alvear of Toluca, Mexico. She began her day with hundreds of other women in the shadow of the towering Mother’s Monument, a stone obelisk in the centre of Mexico City. Most of the women wore the…

Ecuadorian tribunal deems arrest of former Vice President Glas illegal | Courts News

Ecuadorian tribunal deems arrest of former Vice President Glas illegal | Courts News

But the three-member panel also upheld his ongoing imprisonment, arguing it could not ‘modify’ his sentence. The defence team for former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas has hailed a decision declaring his arrest inside Mexico’s embassy in Quito illegal. Still, on Friday, lawyer Sonia Vera Garcia pledged to appeal the…

Mexican president says agreement reached to keep US border crossings open | US-Mexico Border News

Mexican president says agreement reached to keep US border crossings open | US-Mexico Border News

Talks between Lopez Obrador and US officials follow temporary shutdown of some rail crossings. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says an agreement has been reached with United States officials to keep border crossings between the two countries open after temporary closures during a high number of crossings. The announcement…