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​Mexico City’s Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters in Mexico City, Mexico September 22, 2022.
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Mexico’s first female president takes the reins

Claudia Sheinbaum will be sworn in as Mexico’s first female president — and first of Jewish heritage — on Tuesday, succeeding the wildly popular Andres Manuel López Obrador, whose shadow hangs heavily over the prospects for her administration.

​Demonstrators display a large Mexico flag as they protest at the Angel of Independence after a highly contested judicial reform proposal was passed in the Senate in Mexico City, Mexico September 11, 2024.
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Will Mexico’s court overhaul hamper its economy?

Mexico’s senate voted 86-41 on Wednesday to approve a controversial judicial overhaul that will require the nation’s judges to stand for election in order to keep their jobs.

​People stand outside the building of the Federal Judiciary Council as Mexico's judicial workers launched an indefinite nationwide strike ahead of votes by lawmakers on overhauling the country's judiciary, including moving to the popular election of judges, in Mexico City, Mexico August 19, 2024.
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Mexican judges strike against AMLO’s proposed judicial reform

Mexico’s federal courts saw thousands of judges and their employees launch a strike on Monday against a proposed judicial overhaul that would force all judges in the country to stand for election.

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador hands over a ceremonial baton of command to Claudia Sheinbaum after she was elected by the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) as its candidate to succeed him in 2024 in the presidential election, in Mexico City, Mexico September 7, 2023.
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Mexico’s president-elect pushes controversial judicial reform

In her first press conference since winning the Mexican election in a landslide earlier this month, president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum backed a highly controversial plan to introduce a popular vote for the country’s Supreme Court justices.

​Supporters of MORENA presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum attend the closure of her presidential campaign at the Zocalo, the nation's main public square in Mexico City, on May 29, days ahead of the election on Sunday.
Latin America & Caribbean

Viewpoint: AMLO looms large in Mexico’s upcoming elections

Ahead of the June 2 elections, two accomplished women, the ruling party’s Claudia Sheinbaum and the opposition’s Xochitl Galvez, are vying for the distinction of becoming Mexico’s first female president. Meanwhile, criminal organizations trying to assert their influence in down-ballot races are threatening and killing a record number of candidates for local office. Yet there is an even bigger presence shaping the outcome of these elections: outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, popularly known as AMLO. We talked to Eurasia Group expert Matias Gomez Leautaud about this weekend's vote.

Delfina Gomez, candidate for governor of the State of Mexico for the Morena party, celebrates after preliminary election results are announced in Toluca.
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AMLO's party wins big Mexican state, looking good for 2024

The president is showing that he can extend his popularity to the candidates he handpicks.

Optimism about Mexico's political and economic future
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Optimism about Mexico's political and economic future

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Just back from Mexico, and I come away pretty optimistic about where the country is heading overall, and some of that is the context of Mexico in an environment where China-US relations are getting a lot more challenging. Mexico in many ways is the country that stands to benefit the most outside of the United States.

Northern Ireland trade deal ends Brexit but not UK's economic woes
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Northern Ireland trade deal ends Brexit but not UK's economic woes

Will the UK finally move past Brexit now that a Northern Ireland trade deal has been resolved? Will recent violence in the West Bank escalate into something more? Why are Mexicans protesting AMLO's electoral law change as well? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

Immigration a Biden priority at Three Amigos Summit
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Immigration a Biden priority at Three Amigos Summit

What's on the agenda at the Three Amigos Summit? Is Russia on a path towards becoming a failed state? Will banning public Palestinian flag flying lead to further conflict in Israel? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

US-Iran World Cup sportsmanship amid political tensions
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US-Iran World Cup sportsmanship amid political tensions

How did Iran's attention in the World Cup impact protests at home? Will protests force Xi Jinping to finely abandoned China's zero COVID policy? Why is Mexico and the US fighting over corn? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.