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Mexico is almost certain to elect its first female president in June — both leading candidates are women. Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador plans to seal a land deal involving an Alabama company that could saddle his replacement with a court battle that could cost the country billions of dollars.

Mexico's president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that he has offered to buy an Alabama company's Caribbean coast property for about $385 million to end a bitter, years-long dispute.