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Reality Check – Mexico City Politics
octubre 6, 2024 | Redaccion RGN Ingles
By David Bacon Clara Brugada On Tuesday Claudia Sheinbaum took office as President of Mexico, the first woman and Jewish person to hold the nation’s […]
«A Historic Moment»: A Look at AMLO’s Legacy as Sheinbaum Becomes Mexico’s First Female President — Democracy Now interviews Edwin Ackerman
octubre 6, 2024 | Redaccion RGN Ingles
Mexico is making history today as the country prepares to inaugurate the first woman to be elected president. Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and the […]
THE HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE US ANNEXATION OF MEXICO’S NORTHERN TERRITORIES
octubre 6, 2024 | Redaccion RGN Ingles
By Bill Gallegos (This article is based on my presentation given at a Solidarity with the People of México event on September 22nd in Los […]
Mexico Solidarity Bulletin – No. 196 – October 2, 2024
octubre 2, 2024 | Redaccion RGN Ingles
Contents: The Key Ingredient for Nurturing Peace — Meizhu Lui, for the editorial team Voices: Two Peoples Acting for Peace with Justice – Interview with […]
100 Points – Message from President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo – Presented in Mexico City’s Zócalo Square – October 1, 2024
octubre 1, 2024 | Redaccion RGN Ingles
100 Points
Message from President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Presented in Mexico City’s Zocalo Square
October 1, 2024
SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
septiembre 30, 2024 | Redaccion RGN Ingles
Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: During his final press conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he was very proud that his administration attended to, listened to and respected everyone. He emphasized that the principle of “for the good of all, the poor come first” was put into practice, which made it possible to reduce poverty rates in the country; Final results report details major advances in Mexican economic and social stats; the Mexican government is attending to the victims of Hurricane John in Acapulco, Guerrero. The emergency plans of the Navy, Ministry of National Defense, and National Guard remain in place and the census has already begun to deliver direct support to close to 15,000 affected households.
SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
septiembre 27, 2024 | Redaccion RGN Ingles
Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: in his final press conference, prior to the end of his term in office, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador criticized the national leader of the PAN, Marko Cortés, for proposing to classify acts of organized crime as terrorism so that foreign governments could intervene in the fight against them; the President welcomed the decision by 21 state congresses that have already approved the constitutional reforms on indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples and the National Guard; AMLO said that the President of Spain is being disrespectful toward Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum by insinuating that it was López Obrador who decided not to invite King Felipe VI to the inauguration of Mexico's first female president. The monarchy was not invited because of the offenses the Royal Crown committed against the native peoples of Mexico.
SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
septiembre 26, 2024 | Redaccion RGN Ingles
Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO reiterated his support for President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum in her decision not to invite the King of Spain to her inauguration, given that the monarchy has not apologized for the offenses committed against the native peoples of Mexico during the country’s colonization; President López Obrador said the defense lawyers of García Luna, former Minister of Security during the Felipe Calderón administration, have already accepted his client's guilt by asking for a 20-year prison sentence as opposed to a life sentence for drug trafficking crimes in the United States. The President insisted that Calderón make a statement on the issue and clarify whether he knew about the activities of his former right-hand man.; AMLO said there is no legal basis for the appeals against the Judicial Reform, nor for the appeal filed to command the National Electoral Institute not to organize the election of judges, magistrates, and ministers; in the framework of the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of the 43 young teacher training college students of Ayotzinapa, President López Obrador reaffirmed his solidarity with the students’ families. “They are within their rights to demonstrate. We are still working to find them [...] and the next president will provide continuity to the investigation. There will be no impunity,” he said.
SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
septiembre 25, 2024 | Redaccion RGN Ingles
Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: according to the latest Enkoll opinion poll, 77% of Mexicans approve of the work of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, AMLO reiterated that the Ayotzinapa case is not closed and that the investigation will continue; the President clarified that the differences with the Government of Spain do not involve the Spanish people, since it is an issue that concerns the Monarchy. The Mexican government has asked the Spanish crown for a respectful apology to the native peoples of the country for what occurred during the colonization, but there was no response to the request; former President Ernesto Zedillo was denounced for claiming that the reduction in poverty during López Obrador administration is due to remittances and deaths from the Covid19 pandemic. The World Bank stated that the decrease in poverty is due to wage policies, social programs, remittances, and foreign investment.
SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
septiembre 24, 2024 | Redaccion RGN Ingles
Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO expressed his confidence that Mexico's next president, Claudia Sheinbaum, will continue working to guarantee the right to health-care for all Mexicans; Minister of Health Jorge Alcocer, in presenting the Ministry’s report on the sector’s achievements highlighted the consolidation of IMSS Bienestar as a public, free, universal, preventive, and nationally planned system, attending to 53.2 million people without social security through 669 hospitals, 11,935 health-care centers, 1,895 auxiliary units, and 51 pharmaceutical warehouses, and the hiring of thousands of medical specialists, including Cuban doctors; the head of the National Civil Protection Coordinating Council, Laura Velázquez, reported on damages and relief efforts in the wake of category 3 Hurricane John in Guerrero and Oaxaca.