"Massive Protests Sweep Mexico in Defiance of President and Ruling Party"

Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Mexico and abroad marched for democracy, demanding free and fair elections and railing against corruption ahead of the country's June 2 elections. The protests targeted Mexico's ruling party and its presidential front-runner, Claudia Sheinbaum, who is seen as a continuation candidate of popular populist leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador. López Obrador has been accused of endangering the country's democracy by slashing funding for the electoral agency and attacking journalists and the judiciary. Despite the protests, López Obrador remains highly popular and dismisses the demonstrations as an attempt to return the corrupt to power.