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Mexican presidential hopefuls finalize activities in the run-up to the election

Photo: Cuartoscuro/Archivo

August 28|

The six aspirants to the presidential candidacy of Mexico’s ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena) held their last acts this Sunday ahead of the internal election that will define the candidate of the political institute for the 2024 elections.

Mexico’s presidential hopeful, Macelo Ebrard, held his last proselytizing act in a facility in the country’s capital before the Morena party, of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, decides who will be its candidate for the elections in mid-2024.

The former Mexican foreign minister addressed some 20,000 people gathered at the Arena Ciudad de México, where he said: “Today begins the future of Mexico. Today we begin the path to win the 2024 elections, to defend the fourth transformation”.

The former head of the Mexico City Government, Claudia Sheinbaum, offered her last informative assembly in the eastern state of Veracruz. On Saturday she led a rally in the capital’s Monument to the Revolution.

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With this weekend’s events, the six aspirants to Morena’s presidential candidacy concluded their political tours around the country.

Starting this Monday, a survey of polls among their bases will begin and next September 6 will be designated the presidential candidate of the ruling party, where a duel between former mayor Sheinbaum and former foreign minister Ebrard is shaping up.

Also participating in the race are the former Secretary of the Interior, Adán Augusto López, licensed legislators Ricardo Monreal and Gerardo Fernández Noroña, and the former governor of the state of Chiapas, Manuel Velasco.

International

Bolsonaro diagnosed with skin cancer amid coup conviction

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been diagnosed with skin cancer while serving a historic sentence for attempting a coup d’état. His medical team confirmed that the lesions have been removed and that, for now, he does not require further procedures, though he will need regular monitoring.

On Wednesday, September 17, Bolsonaro’s doctors confirmed the diagnosis. The announcement comes shortly after the former leader was convicted of orchestrating an attempted coup.

According to his physician, Claudio Birolini, Bolsonaro has “squamous cell carcinoma, which is neither the most benign nor the most aggressive form — it is intermediate.” Birolini warned, however, that this type of skin cancer “can carry more serious consequences.”

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Milei praises Paraguay’s growth, calls Argentina’s last 20 years a ‘decline’

Argentine President Javier Milei praised Paraguay’s economic growth over the past two decades during a speech before the Paraguayan Congress on Wednesday (Sept. 17, 2025), crediting it to incentives that favored capitalism. At the same time, he contrasted that progress with what he described as Argentina’s deepening “decline” during the same period.

“If we compare the last 20 years of Paraguay with those of the Argentine Republic, we will find almost diametrically opposite results,” Milei told lawmakers during a special session of Parliament on the second and final day of his official visit to Asunción.

“While you have not stopped growing, we have deepened our decline. If we understand incentives as the engine of capitalism, Paraguay focused on preserving and strengthening them, while Argentina dedicated itself to chaining, directing, and suffocating them,” the right-wing leader stated.

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Trump administration launches large-scale immigration operation in Chicago

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump intensified a large-scale immigration operation in the Chicago area with the arrival of additional Border Patrol agents on Tuesday and the presence of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem during a raid.

Noem posted a video on her X account showing the immigration operation, in which DHS reportedly removed “violent criminals” from the streets. The footage shows Noem observing the arrest of a man taken into custody at his home early Tuesday morning at an undisclosed location.

“I was in Chicago today to make it clear that we will not back down,” the secretary wrote. “Our work is just beginning,” she added.

The warning from Noem was echoed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Chief Gregory Bovino, who posted a video on X Tuesday showing multiple Border Patrol vehicles arriving in the city with the caption: “Chicago, we are here!”

Bovino, who led the immigration crackdown in Los Angeles implemented since last June, said the team will remain in Chicago to continue the mission they started in California.

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Operation “Midway Blitz” is currently focused on the Chicago metropolitan area and its suburbs. Activists and residents have reported sightings of masked agents and unmarked vehicles in predominantly Latino neighborhoods.