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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO responded to those who question the results of the June 2 elections with an article by economist Gerardo Esquive, who wrote that "while in 12 years of opposition coalition governments, the number of poor people rose at a rate of 100,000 per month, in the first four years of this administration, poverty declined by 100,000 people per month. After knowing this, do you still find the election results illogical or hard to explain? Will you continue to denounce the voters for their decision?"; Minister of the Interior Luisa María Alcalde explained that the results of the June 2 elections determine that the Morena-PT-PVEM coalition is entitled to 373 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, which means a qualified majority that will allow it to make changes to the Constitution; despite the numerous attempts at disinformation, AMLO highlighted that the people of Mexico have demonstrated that there is no media power that can place itself above the will of the people; it is not true that there was a 123% increase in fuel theft in the first five years of López Obrador's administration, compared to the same period of Peña Nieto's government. What is known as huachicol has decreased 94.2% since 2019, which means savings of more than US$19 billion; it is false that Mexico is in third place worldwide in youth unemployment. According to the OECD, Mexico is the third place for the lowest youth unemployment at 5.2%, only behind Germany and Japan.

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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO called on the two U.S. presidential candidates to sign a commitment to regulate the sale of weapons in their country, as it would address the underlying problem and Mexico would also benefit in seeing a reduction in the illegal trafficking of weapons that fall into the hands of organized crime; the President made it clear that the Mexican Government was not involved in the early release in the United States of former Tamaulipas Governor Tomás Yarrington; the head of the Federal Commission for the Protection Against Health Risks (Cofepris), Alejandro Svarch, exposed a corruption network that tried to establish an artificial monopoly in the testing of medicines, particularly generic pharmaceuticals; the IMSS Bienestar program has 515 second-level hospitals and 50 third-level hospitals, in which health-care is guaranteed with specialized medical personnel. The La Clínica es Nuestra program is 98.6% completed in terms of the delivery of funds to improve the infrastructure of 11,808 health-care centers located in 27 states.

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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO pointed out that the Constitution is very clear about the distribution of congressional deputy seats through proportional representation, which it stipulates corresponds to the political parties and not coalitions, as the opposition wants: the President reported internet coverage is growing in the country and that the goal is that when the administration’s term in office ends, 94% of the population will have access to the worldwide web; Lopez Obrador reiterated his condemnation of the attack on former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign event. He characterized it as a reprehensible act of violence that strains the political environment and generates mistrust; in 205 days, the Maya Train has transported 246,929 passengers. Through its seven sections, the railway offers service to 36 municipalities in five states: Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan, and Quintana Roo.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO welcomed Claudia Sheinbaum’s appointment of former Michoacan governor Lázaro Cárdenas Batel as the next director of the Office of the Presidency; the President reiterated his demand that the U.S. government explain why it is financing opposition leader Claudio X. González's organization, Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity, which is promoting a slanderous disinformation campaign against the federal government; during the current presidential administration, government housing agencies provided 3,629,783 mortgage loans, involving a total investment of US$84 billion, benefitting over 12 million people and generating more than 8 million jobs. The Mexican government's housing policy has helped 2.9 million people obtain housing; 1.9 million people improve the quality of their housing, and 1.4 million people obtain basic services associated with housing.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO reiterated that an administrative reform is necessary to eliminate the so-called autonomous government agencies created during the neoliberal period, which would represent a savings of US$5.6 billion) a year; according to the latest Morning Consult survey, President López Obrador is in second place in popular support among the world's presidents, with a 62% approval rating: in relation to the renewal of Morena's leadership, the President said that he cannot be objective about the nomination of Luisa María Alcalde as party president, pointing out that she has done an extraordinary job as leader. He said the election in Morena should be carried out through an opinion poll; In 2023, tax collection during the current presidential administration reached US$250 billion, a 12.3% increase in real terms over the previous year; the President reiterated his satisfaction with the victory of the left in France and the United Kingdom.