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In macho Mexico, stage set for first female president

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party announced that Sheinbaum had defeated five internal party rivals – all men.

With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the country’s ruling party in next June’s election, Mexico will for the first time have time two women from its main political movements competing for the presidency. Sheinbaum, as well as the opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez, have insisted that Mexico is…

Mexico will have for the first time two women from its main political powers competing for the presidency.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's president on Thursday vigorously backed his party's selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as its candidate to succeed him in 2024, dismissing objections about the process by her main rival, who threatened to quit the party.

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Mexico is set to elect its first female president in 2024, as both the ruling party Morena and the opposition coalition have chosen women as their candidates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAgWl8rxgH8 Mexico likely to get first woman president in 2024 as top parties choose female candidates Claudia Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City and a close ally…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the country’s ruling party in next June’s election, Mexico will for the first time have time two women from its main political movements competing for the presidency. Sheinbaum, as well as the opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez, have insisted that […]

With both the ruling party and its opposition choosing women candidates, it appears certain that Mexico will elect its first female president in 2024.