Men Will Govern at Least 155 State Municipalities; Women, 51

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Veracruz, Ver., Most of the 212 municipalities in the state of Veracruz will be governed by men, despite gender parity policies in the nomination of candidates in political parties for the recent electoral process.

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Almost a week after the municipal elections in Veracruz, the Local Electoral Public Authority (OPLE) still does not close the total counting of votes due to violent events in several municipalities. Although most of the municipal councils have already completed their counting, there are still regions where the ballot boxes were not reached on time or directly destroyed. On June 1, the citizens of Veracruz went to the polls to elect authorities i…