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Claudia Sheinbaum made history on October 1 as she was sworn in as Mexico's first female president. The symbolic passing of the presidential sash marked a momentous occasion in the country's more than 200 years of modern history. As the former mayor of Mexico City, Sheinbaum's rise to the nation's highest office is a testament to her long-standing political career, and she wasted no time in setting forth her ambitious vision for the country.

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Mexico becomes the only country in the world where all judges will be elected by a popular vote as its President Andreas signed the judicial reforms into law.

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Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay are hoping to announce a blockbuster trade deal with the European Union at a regional summit Friday after a push by Brussels to get the long-delayed accord over the line. The deal between the 27-nation EU and the four founding members of South America's Mercosur bloc would create the world's biggest free trade zone. But it has been dogged by resistance by France -- especially its famously militant farmers, who fear it would bring unfair competition.

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The Brazilian government on Thursday said it had urged the EU to suspend the implementation of a ban on imports of products driving deforestation, describing the new rules as "punitive".

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A man in Mexico has been arrested by police in connection to the brutal murder of the mayor of the city of Chilpancingo last month. The killing of Alejandro Arcos, whose beheaded body was found just days after he had been sworn in as mayor, caused shock and revulsion in the violence-wracked state of Guerrero.