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Jun 2024
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Mexico votes in first woman president af...

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Claudia Sheinbaumb has won a landslide victory to become Mexico’s first female president, after a violent election in which 38 candidates were killed. We discuss the challenges she faces in confronting that bloodshed, and how her win could affect the U.S. election this fall. 

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