Mexico elects first female president with Claudia Sheinbaum as projected winner
Mexico elects first female president with Claudia Sheinbaum as projected winner
A former mayor of Mexico City and an environmental scientist, Sheinbaum is a member of the ruling Morena party and will also be the first Mexican president of Jewish heritage.
Mexican government data shows that at least 102,400 homicides have been reported in that period
Holy shit. I had no idea it was that bad.
Comes out to 13.39 per 100k pop per year, lower than Mississippi 20.7, Louisiana 19.8, Alabama 14.9, or New Mexico 14.5.
Edit: Googling suggests a rate of 25 in 2022 for Mexico, so that total must be low.
and IIUC, some Mexican states are safer/more dangerous than others.
Also in Mexico:
According to the search results, at least 37 Mexican candidates were assassinated during the 2024 election season, surpassing the previous record of 36 killings during the 2021 midterm elections. The security consultancy Integralia documented 828 non-lethal attacks on candidates as well.
So Trump becoming a criminal is actually not even close to how long and deep the barrel gets.
Neat. Hopefully they can continue raising quality of life enough to start putting a dent in the murder rates.
Many of you don't really know Mexican politics but not only was she elected as president, the party she is from got the majority of seats on the Senate. They now control most of the government, which is basically a return to the age of a single dominant party in Mexican politics. But honestly it's the fault of the opposition for either not presenting ANYTHING at all on how they'll manage the affairs of the country or having absolute dog shit proposals (which in my opinion EVERYONE had dog shit proposals. We were forced to choose from a selection of dog shit, cow shit and horse shit),I was so conflicted about who to vote for I just left the ballot blank for presidency and voted on the local and Senate ballots.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Claudia Sheinbaum has made history as the first woman elected president of Mexico, according to projections from the nation's official quick count.
Sheinbaum has promised to keep in place welfare policies and social programs that have helped Morena retain a solid approval rating from voters.
When it comes to combating the country’s high levels of violence, Sheinbaum has said she plans on continuing her predecessor’s “hugs, not bullets” policy of not directly taking on criminal organizations that have gained control over large parts of Mexico as they fight for territory to traffic drugs into the U.S., make money from migrant smuggling and extort residents to fuel their illicit enterprise.
López Obrador’s policy has not significantly helped reduce killings over the past six years, as Mexican government data shows that at least 102,400 homicides have been reported in that period.
But the data also shows that the strategy of López Obrador’s predecessors — pursuing drug lords in an all-out war — did not improve safety either.
As a member of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Sheinbaum is among the scientists who shared a 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their report.
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I heard she's Jewish as well
She is, so prepare for all kinds of conspiracy theories.
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