At least two people died this Sunday due to shootings at voting centers in Puebla, a state in the center of Mexicowhich temporarily suspended the voting at polling stationss of the municipalities of Tlapanalá and Coyomeapan. In Tlapanalá, a woman died due to a confrontation between a group of armed men who were allegedly seeking […]
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Mexico: Acapulco goes out to vote amid the wave of violence that the area is experiencing
The inhabitants of the tourist resort of Acapulco, in the Pacific MexicanyesThey joined forces this Sunday to exercise their right to votewithout a doubt, but with uneasiness after the latest violent events and the insecurity that exists in this area of the country. In statements to EFE, the resident of the Progreso neighborhood, Antonio Córdova, […]
Mexico votes in a historic election: two women compete for the presidency
The Mexicans voted this Sunday in a historic election in which two women are competing for the presidency with two opposing options: that of those who want a change of course and that of those who support the continuity of the model inherited from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The elections are considered a referendum […]
Mexico’s 2024 elections will be ‘the most violent in history’
The choice biggest of Mexico It will also go down in history on Sunday as the most violent, with at least 30 candidates murdered and more than 200 political homicides, while the opposition denounces that organized crime puts votes at risk in almost 30% of the territory. As a hallmark of the violence, in the […]
The two “Mexicans” who will vote for a new president
Blanca López runs a company that manufactures parts for the aerospace industry in the north of Mexico. Sandra Sánchez hopes that the restaurant where she works will benefit from a gigantic refinery that the government built in the south. Both will vote in next Sunday’s presidential election, although they appear to come from two different […]
Electoral campaign in Mexico comes to an end overshadowed by violence
Shaken by a series of attacks and assassinations of candidates, Wednesday comes to an end in Mexico the official campaign for the general elections that are shaping up to be historic due to their size and because they will bring a woman to the presidency for the first time. Four days before the elections, the […]
Sheinbaum, the tenacious scientist who seeks to lead a sexist Mexico
Sober and impassive, Claudia Sheinbauma brilliant scientist whom her rival calls “Ice lady”, She seeks to become the first president of a sexist Mexico, full of tragedies and passions. Both in her student militancy in the 1980s and in her first public position as Secretary of the Environment of Mexico City (2000-2006), she projected seriousness […]
From the cartels to the glory of cinema, five things about Mexico
Mexicowhich will hold general elections next Sunday, is the second economy of Latin America, but he is shaken by the violence linked to organized crime and tensions with USA due to migration. Gateway to the USA Mexico, the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world with 129 million inhabitants (Statistics Institute, 2023), shares a border of […]
Migrants insist on crossing the Rio Grande into the United States despite increasing deportations
Despite the increasing deportations and operations of USA and Mexico, migrants on the border of the Mexican Ciudad Juárez with the American El Paso insist on crossing the Rio Grande (or Grande) border irregularly. The situation escalated because last week the US authorities expelled 200 migrants who crossed through gate 40 of the border wall […]
Four keys to understanding the biggest elections in the history of Mexico
Mexico faces the last days of the electoral campaign, which ends this Wednesday to give way to a period of reflection, with an eye on the result of the polls next Sunday, June 2, in the largest elections in the history of the country. These are the keys to the elections that will enthrone the […]