The Americas

Claudia Sheinbaum celebrating during her speech in Mexico City on Sunday.

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La Presidenta: Mexico Elects Its First Woman to the Presidency

6:07pm June 03, 2024

For the first time since their country became a republic more than two hundred years ago, Mexicans have elected a woman as president. And Ukraine's center for book publishing survives a punishing Russian bombardment.

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A historic first as Mexico elects its first female president

2:25pm June 03, 2024

Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, was overwhelmingly elected Mexico’s first female president on Sunday.

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Mexico elects its first female president

12:18pm June 03, 2024

History is made as Claudia Sheinbaum wins election by a landslide.

Politics & Government

A trailblazing feminist says Mexico’s ‘triumph’ of a first female president is no surprise

10:24am June 01, 2024

What does the prospect of Mexico's first woman president and feminism in the country mean for Elena Poniatowska?

In Mexico's historic presidential election season it’s down to 2 women

3:00pm May 30, 2024

Voters in Mexico are likely to elect their first female president this weekend. Could that change anything for women in Mexico, which has the second highest rate of femicide in Latin America?

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Violence clouds the last day of campaigning before Sunday's elections in Mexico

5:21am May 30, 2024

by The Associated Press

Some 27 candidates, mostly running for mayor or town councils, have been killed so far this year. But criminals have taken to mass shootings rather than targeted attacks as they have in the past.

The view at the final rally of Mexico's frontrunner for president

10:10pm May 29, 2024

by Eyder Peralta

It's the final few days of an historic election in Mexico -- one that could see the country elect a woman president.

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How the extraction of lithium in Chile is tearing communities apart

3:30pm May 28, 2024

by John Bartlett

Chile is the worlds second largest lithium producer. Its discovery has been a welcome boon to the economy, but a disaster for many in the local communities.

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Mexico could elect its first female president after this weekend's election

7:23am May 28, 2024

by Leila Fadel

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to professor Brenda Estefan and Lila Abed of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, about the cross-border concerns framing Mexico's election.

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A young couple from the U.S. were among 3 missionaries killed in Haiti violence

4:28am May 25, 2024

by The Associated Press

A U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who worked with them were shot and killed by gang members in Haiti's capital after they were attacked while leaving a youth group activity held at a local church, a family member said Friday.