Mexican voters are expected to make history Sunday (June 2) by electing their first woman president, a milestone in the crime-plagued country where gender-based violence and discrimination have long been rampant. Ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, a former Mexico City mayor had a 17 percentage point lead over her main opposition rival Xochitl Galvez on the eve of the vote. For more analysis, FRANCE 24’s Alison Sargent is joined by William Booth, lecturer in Latin American History at the University College London.
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