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A Historic First for Mexico as Two Women Vie for the Presidency
Mexico will elect its first woman as president next year after the governing party chose Claudia Sheinbaum to square off against the opposition’s candidate, Xóchitl Gálvez. By Emiliano Rodriguez Mega & Simon Romero | The New York Times | SEP. 6, 2023 | Photo by Meghan Dhaliwal Mexico’s governing party ... -
Mexico making history: The country is on track to elect its first woman as president
By Patrick McDonnell | Los Angeles Times | SEP. 6, 2023 | Photo by Ginnette Riquelme MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s ruling party on Wednesday named former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as its candidate in next year’s presidential race, a widely expected move that puts the country on track to elect ... -
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s probable next president
Story and Photo by Reuters | The Economist | SEP. 2, 2023 Claudia Sheinbaum closed her campaign to be the presidential candidate of Mexico’s ruling party, Morena, promising continuity. “No steps back, nor steps to the right, only continuing the transformation,” she shouted on stage in the city of Verácruz ... -
Opinion | Will there be a spoiler candidate in Mexico’s upcoming presidential elections?
By Leon Krauze | The Washington Post | SEP. 7, 2023 | Photo by Marco Ugarte Things haven’t played out exactly as Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had hoped they might. For months, his party, Morena, had carefully planned the selection of its presidential candidate. Several months ago, López Obrador ... -
Mexico's top parties on the verge of nominating 2 women with California ties for president
The two candidates have vowed to fight government corruption and maintain the popular social programs created by AMLO: more pensions to seniors and scholarships for students. By Mekahlo Medina | NBC Los Angeles | AUG. 31, 2023 | Photo by Ulises Ruiz A week before the political primary season in ... -
‘Blue Beetle’: How Grassroots Backers Are Trying to Boost the Latino-Led Superhero Movie
With its stars sidelined due to the strike, a coalition of advocacy groups are finding ways to promote the DC film. By Aaron Couch, Rebecca Sun & Borys Kit | The Hollywood Reporter | AUG. 16, 2023 | Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Two years ago, Xolo Maridueña made a surprise ... -
The Challenges of Educational Exchange from a North American Perspective
By Juan Pablo Murra | North Capital Forum | 2023 Photo by Conecta TEC MX Introduction International trade and globalization have brought the world closer together, offering opportunities for increased connectivity. Technology is a significant catalyst for regional and international development. The exchange of goods, services, and capital across borders ... -
Previously classified documents released by U.S. show knowledge of 1973 Chile coup
By Tracey Wilkinson | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 29, 2023 | Photo by Associated Press WASHINGTON — Every once in a while, the voices of ghosts emerge to reveal dark chapters in U.S. political history. The State Department with the CIA last week declassified two 50-year-old documents that had been withheld ... -
The cost of attending college as a DACA student
By Heidi Rivera | Yahoo! Finance | AUG. 29, 2023 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly known as DACA, is a policy that protects eligible immigrants who came to the U.S. as children from deportation. Because they’re neither U.S. citizens nor permanent residents, DACA students often face many hurdles when ... -
How ‘Past Lives’ resonates with my Mexican bicultural experience
By Carlos Aguilar | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 7, 2023 | Photo by Jon Pack/A24 Films In “Past Lives,” playwright turned filmmaker Celine Song’s tenderhearted debut feature, cosmic forces align to bring together two former childhood sweethearts as adults. Nora (played by Greta Lee) left South Korea for Canada ...