Jewish-Mexican elected 1st female president

There are the indigenous, like Galvez (L), and later arrivals like Sheinbaum. Who won?

Around 10 women or girls are murdered every day in Mexico (© Carl de Souza)

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Mexican ruling party presidential candidate Sheinbaum elected first female president in Mexico, a win for Israel?

Nuns line up at polling station in Mexico City as voters choose president (Seila Montes)

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Nothing will fundamentally change. Why would it?

Mexicans voted for a new president Sunday (June 2) in a contest dominated by women -- a historic first. US media coverage has all been overshadowed by violence, portraying the North American nation (yes, Mexico is part of N. America) as a crime-plagued Latin American nation.

• Why color Mexico as "other," as Mesoamerican, Latin American, or anything other than American? The US cannot afford to have a successful nation anywhere else in the Americas, except for Canada, or it would undermine our WASPy superiority complex as disaster capitalists and war profiteers. The CIA did not allow any political leader to succeed anywhere below our southern border, so why would the powers that be do it differently now?

I may be a woman, but I'm a politician. What did
Indigenous Xochitl Galvez ever do for females?

Thousands of troops were deployed to protect voters, following a particularly bloody electoral process that has seen more than two dozen aspiring local politicians murdered.

Two people were reported killed on election day after attacks on polling stations to steal ballot papers.

Ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, a former Mexico City mayor and a climate scientist by training, had a 17 percentage point lead over her main opposition rival Xochitl Galvez in opinion polls ahead of the vote.

Look at my thumb. I voted for Martinez.

"It's a historic day. I feel very happy," Ms. Sheinbaum, 61, said as she left her home.

After casting her ballot, the presidential frontrunner revealed that she had not voted for herself but for a 93-year-old veteran leftist, Ifigenia Martinez, in recognition of her struggle.

"Long live democracy!" Sheinbaum declared.

• What to know about Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first female president

Jews in Mexico and Central America run HIAS centers, sending migrants into US? (rense.com)

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Galvez, a 61-year-old outspoken senator and businesswoman with Indigenous roots, said after voting that she expected "huge participation" in the election.

"What I would like most is that no Mexican had to go abroad to look for opportunities," she added.

The only man running, centrist Jorge Alvarez Maynez, was trailing far behind in polling.

It means that, barring a huge surprise, a woman is almost certain to break the highest political glass ceiling in Mexico, where around 10 females are murdered every day, unlike the US where the number is higher but not spoken of. More

• Time to dismantle the FBI before it assassinates another foreign leader (History Daily)
• AFP via msn.com, 6/2/24; Crystal Quintero, Xochitl, Shauna Schwartz, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly