López Obrador ends his administration with 71% approval (the highest in Mexico’s democratic era), while Sheinbaum begins with high expectations of a better performance. Security remains the most pressing issue among Mexicans.

"Moral reasoning & support for punitive violence after crime" just published in JPR journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... We explore the moral frames behind support for punitive violence in Michoacán 🇲🇽. We open with a quote from a Mex. City congress member illustrating the use of dehumanization 👇

Mexico elected its first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, with nearly 60 percent of the popular vote and the most votes ever cast for a presidential candidate in the country’s history. #polisky

Less than one-third of UN member states have ever had a female head of government. Today, #Mexico#EleccionesMéxico2024

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I just learned that I’ve been officially promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! This would’ve been impossible without the support of colleagues, mentors, friends, & family. I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity to continue this journey that began a while ago as a college student in Mexico.

Almost 60 years ago a geography graduate student accidentally* killed the oldest living organism—a bristlecone pine tree named Prometheus—that was nearly 5,000 years old.

Trends in the Human Development Index for the 10 largest countries in Latin America.

This is how the polls of polls stand just six weeks before the presidential election in Mexico. #polisky