Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and the protegee of outgoing President Lopez Obrador, was widely expected to win the violence-marred presidential elections on Sunday. She would become the first female President and will face challenges in tackling issues like drug violence and economic stagnation.
Tomasdottir, 55, defeated Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir and won 34.3 per cent of the vote in the Iceland presidential elections. She wil replace Gudni Th. Johannesson, who did not seek re-election after two four-year terms, on August 1.
As many as 37 political candidates have been assassinated ahead of the Mexico's historic presidential election on Sunday, where voters are likely to pick the country's first woman leader. The winner will face challenges on multiple fronts, from violence and economy and foreign relations.
Mexico will vote on Sunday in an election married by violence in the final day of its campaigning, resulting in the deaths of mayoral candidates. Morena Party's Claudia Sheinbaum will face opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez as the country decides its future amid rising drug violence.
Sao Paulo: A former Marxist guerrilla who was tortured and imprisoned during Brazil's long dictatorship was elected as president of Latin America's biggest nation, a country in the midst of an economic and political rise.A
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