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López Obrador describes the elections in Mexico as “historic” after the review of the electoral body
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, pointed out that the election day of last June 2, in which the ruling party Claudia Sheinbaum prevailed, was “historic” due to the participation and the election of a woman to the Presidency of the country.
“It was a very important participation, it was a historic choice in several ways: because of the number of votes cast in general, never; because of the number of votes with which a candidate wins, in this case a candidate, I obtained like 31 million we are talking about 5 million more,” the president said during his morning press conference.
The Mexican ruler also described as historical the fact that in 200 years a woman had not ruled, he said.
López Obrador thus referred to the stage of review and certification of the results of the elections in Mexico that concluded on Sunday and opened the period of challenges and qualification by the Electoral Tribunal of the Judiciary of the Federation (TEPJF).
He also boasted that after the district calculations revealed over the weekend by the National Electoral Institute (INE) in which Sheinbaum obtained 35.9 million votes, which meant 59.76% of the total votes, in addition to the fact that his party, National Regeneration Movement (Morena) won seven governorships.
In addition, López Obrador also detailed that the coalition of Morena and the Green Ecologist of Mexico (PVEM) and Labor (PT) parties obtained a total of 373 deputies, which would give him a qualified majority.
While in the Mexican Senate, he said, the alliance reached 83 seats, very close to the qualified majority.
Regarding the overrepresentation in the Congress of the Union, he indicated that the electoral authorities are the ones who will decide, although he stressed that the Constitution is quite clear on the issue.
“There is a debate that if the representation of plurinominals is well resolved, so that there is no overrepresentation, that will also be decided by the authority and the Constitution is quite clear in that, but that also in the Electoral Tribunal,” he said.
“Congratulations to the people of Mexico, that this is something very important. The forecasts that were made in a pessimistic way, fortunately, were not fulfilled. Hopefully, and we have already talked about that, there is self-criticism, which is not turning the page around and ‘we will continue to do the same,’” he emphasized.
The elections of June 2 were the largest in the history of Mexico because more than 98 million people were called to the polls to renew more than 20,000 positions, including the Presidency, the 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and the 128 in the Senate.
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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.
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.
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