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Mexico has its first female president

Claudia Sheinbaum has sworn the presidential oath before Mexico's congress. She is thereby historic as the country's first female president.

Mexico has its first female president

She becomes Mexico's first female president

I will become Mexico's first female president! Claudia Sheinbaum declares to jubilant supporters in Mexico City after Sunday's election. She will now try to expand her successful recipe against gang violence from the capital Mexico City to the entire country.

She becomes Mexico's first female president

Polling stations attacked in Mexico – two dead

Violence that has characterized the electoral campaign in Mexico continued on election day. Two people were killed in two attacks on polling stations in the state of Puebla in central Mexico on Sunday, according to a local government source to AFP.

Polling stations attacked in Mexico – two dead

The Election is On – Mexico Against a Female President

The Mexican people are expected to write history today by choosing their first female president. However, the election process has been marked by violence, and just hours before the polling stations opened, a local candidate was killed.

The Election is On – Mexico Against a Female President

Drug Violence – Can She Succeed Where Men Have Failed?

Totals killed in violence-related attacks - yet another episode in a national violence spiral that never seems to end. Crimes, and the fear they bring, are dominant themes in the Mexican election this weekend.

Drug Violence – Can She Succeed Where Men Have Failed?