( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “to exert power.” Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections weighing gender, democracy and populism, as they chart the country’s path forward in voting shadowed by cartel violence. [CutID: <Cuts> MEXICO-ELEX-house-q-TUEam.mp3 Time: 24s Title: MEXICO-ELEX-house-q-TUEam Out-cue: to exert power] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Also at play is […]
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What to know about Mexico’s upcoming historic elections
( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “to exert power.”
Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections weighing gender, democracy and populism, as they chart the country’s path forward in voting shadowed by cartel violence.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Also at play is the political legacy of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Mexico’s often tumultuous relationship with the United States.
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VERBATIM: With two women leading the contest, Mexico will likely elect its first female president. The election will also be the biggest in the country’s history. More than 20,000 congressional and local positions are up for grabs, according to the National Electoral Institute. The number of contested posts has fed bloodshed during the campaigns, as criminal groups have used local elections as an opportunity to exert power.