Mexicans are voting in national elections on Sunday with the ruling party candidate, Claudia Sheinbaum, commanding a hefty lead in the polls and expected to become the country’s first female president. There were already long lines outside voting centers when the polls opened at 8 a.m. local time. “Everyone must get out to vote,” Sheinbaum, a physicist and former Mexico City mayor, said during a live broadcast on local TV. Mexican officials expect these negotiations to be more difficult if the U.S. presidency is won by Donald Trump in November. The polls close at 6:00 p.m. local time (09:00 p.m. Argentina) and the first official preliminary results are expected late Sunday night.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald June 02, 2024 20:47 UTC