Analysis: Mexico City metro exposes “Achilles heel” of mayor’s presidential dreams
MEXICO CITY, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The second major accident in the Mexico City metro in as many years and a series of recent mishaps in the transport system have piled pressure on Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, one of the favorites to become the country’s next president. The Jan. 7 train collision that killed one person […]
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Mayor of Brazil meatpacking hub probed amid wave of electoral coercion cases
SAO PAULO, Oct 21 (Reuters) – The mayor of a major Brazilian agribusiness hub is under investigation for telling business leaders they should direct employees to help re-elect far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, according to three people familiar with the case. The sources said that Santa Catarina state labor prosecutors are running the investigation into Mayor […]
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Peru conservative Opus Dei businessman elected mayor of Lima
LIMA, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Conservative businessman Rafael Lopez Aliaga won a closely contested election to become mayor of Peru’s capital Lima on Monday after his rival, retired military officer Daniel Urresti, accepted his defeat. In his first public statements since Sunday’s election, Lopez Aliaga said he would wait for the final official results before […]
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2020 election conspiracists could soon oversee voting in U.S. battleground states | #elections | #alabama
Sept 30 (Reuters) – Two far-right U.S. politicians who want to upend the way votes are cast and counted are tied or leading in races to become the top election administrators in their states, according to recent polls. Republicans Jim Marchant of Nevada and Mark Finchem of Arizona promote wild conspiracy theories about how the […]
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Mexico City mayor narrowly leads ruling party presidential race, poll shows
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the opening of the first clinic exclusively for trans and non-binary people in Mexico City, Mexico October 1, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MEXICO CITY, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum holds a slight advantage over Foreign […]
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