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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: In response to Texas SB4, Minister of Foreign Relations Alicia Bárcena indicated that Mexico is acting very firmly and will do everything possible to stop this unjust and discriminatory legislation from taking effect. In order to address any problems arising from this law, a legal support system has been set up in the 11 Mexican consulates in Texas; AMLO said he is awaiting the response of the parents of the missing Ayotzinapa students, to whom he proposed a meeting without their lawyers and advisors, to present them with a progress report on the investigation; due to the shortage of doctors and specialists that the country requires resulting from the previous neoliberal governments, during the current administration, the number of medical specialists has been doubled.

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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: In response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to let stand the Texas anti-immigrant law, which allows state uniformed officers to detain and deport undocumented migrants, AMLO characterized the legislation as dehumanizing and announced that Mexico will not receive deportees from Texas; the President reported that all evidence of the fiscal debts of business magnate Ricardo Salinas Pliego's companies will be uploaded to a Mexican Government web page, so that people can form their own opinions on the issue; dirty and well-financed campaigns in the social media against the AMLO administration were exposed in the Who’s Who in Lies section of the press conference.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: With six months to go before leaving office, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has an approval rating of 73%, according to a survey published by the daily newspaper Reforma; AMLO reiterated that he will not leave work projects unfinished before ending his term in office; on March 21 the President will meet with the governors of the 23 states that have federalized their health services to evaluate the progress made in providing free medical care; Minister of Security and Citizen Protection Rosa Icela Rodríguez reported that federal crimes have decreased 26% compared to the beginning of the current administration. Intentional homicides are down 25%, with respect to the historical record of July 2018, and remain low. Fuel theft has fallen 94.3%, in relation to 2018, which represents an estimated savings of more than US$18.79 billion.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO reiterated that his administration’s formula is "no corruption, no luxuries, and that everything saved will go to the people."; in Mexico there are 99,729 individuals whose names are contained in the National Registry of Disappeared and Missing Persons. The official figure in the registry, as of March 15, was 114,815 persons. However, search efforts have resulted in the 15,158 of them being located; the Acapulco Reconstruction Plan has invested almost US$909.68 million in the reconstruction of 301,076 homes and 30,196 businesses. 100% of the city’s schools have now resumed activities; 69% of the hotel stock is once again available for visitors, and mobile and fixed communications are operating normally

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: The President insisted that there is nothing personal in collecting back taxes from large companies, but rather compliance with the task of defending the interests of the majority of the people; from 2019 to 2023 collection levels reached a record high, increasing from US$170 billion to US$260 billion; the Mexican Government decreed that the area occupied by the Tangolunda golf course in Oaxaca is a Protected Natural Area. It has been under concession to business magnate Ricardo Salinas Pliego. To avoid future appropriations of the disputed land, which is property of the Nation, the zone was declared a Protected Natural Area; the President expressed his support for Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado’s dismissal of the state ministers of the Interior and Security, following the killing of a young teacher training college student and he reiterated his backing of her request that the state congress dismiss the prosecutor.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador charged that the ruling by the National Electoral Commission Complaints Commission ordering that the interview he gave to journalist Inna Afinogenova be removed from the social networks was an act of censorship; AMLO made it clear that his administration will not be supporting any U.S. presidential candidate; reports were presented detailing various major electric power projects underway in the state of Baja California; with the Program for the Regularization of Vehicles of Foreign Origin, over 2.13 million motor vehicles have been regularized in 17 states in the country. This has generated over US$320.21 million, which have been used to pave streets in the corresponding states.