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Washington Post editor and CEO clashed on reorganization before her exit

Barely five months after joining The Washington Post as publisher and CEO, William Lewis recently began discussing a plan with his top executives for...

Mexico fought for democracy. Could it slide back to a one-party state?

MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum’s resounding victory in Mexico’s presidential election has injected fresh energy into a leftist movement that has rapidly reshaped the...

How Mexico, bastion of machismo, got a female president before the U.S.

MEXICO CITY — Mexico is famous for its macho culture. Women here didn’t win the right to vote for president until 1953 — three...

Russia co-opts far-right politicians in Europe with cash, officials say

PRAGUE — When an associate of one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies launched a pro-Kremlin media outlet here in May 2023, Czech...

A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum?

MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum, who will be Mexico’s first woman leader in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence, captured the presidency...

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