Autor: Redaccion RGN Ingles

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO denounced the media attacks on his alleged ties with drug traffickers as arrogant, authoritarian, and slanderous; the President explains the objectives of the energy reform aimed at preserving the country’s energy security, self-sufficiency and sovereignty; Minister of Foreign Relations Alicia Bárcena explained the Mexican government’s approach to migration into and from Mexico and provided statistics on the contributions of Mexicans residing in the U.S.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO reported that the NY Times is planning to publish an article claiming organized crime provide financing to his 2018 presidential campaign based on a supposed investigation by a US government agency. The President is calling on the Biden administration to weigh in on the issue; the President’s electoral reform proposal seeks to reduce government financing to political parties, reduce the percentage of voter turnout required for a referendum to be binding from 40% to 30% and eliminate proportional representation seats in Congress, among other measures; Mexico's GDP grew 3.2%.; according to a national survey, President López Obrador has an overall approval rating of 77%.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO criticized the decision of a federal court that allowed former Pemex director Emilio N, accused of money laundering and corruption, to leave prison; the constitutional reforms proposed by the President seek to recognize Mexico as a pluricultural and multiethnic nation, classify indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples and communities as recognized entities, with legal status and their own assets, and create a general law that establishes the norms and mechanisms that ensure the respect for and exercising of indigenous rights; Pemex's debt was reduced by 17.4% from US$129.3 billion in 2018 to US$106.8 billion; it is not true that Mexico City will be without water in a year, this is an opposition campaign to create fear in the population.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO explained the aims of the constitutional reforms in the area of public security. They seek to ensure the continuation, discipline, and functioning of the National Guard and stiffen penalties for extortion; Federal crimes are down 36.6% compared to December 2018; Public security has been reinforced on 10 of the country’s highways; AMLO blasted extensive media coverage of Sunday’s so-called March for Democracy, recalling that when he was in the opposition, the media’s coverage was minimal.

Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: AMLO blasted the so-called March for Democracy held yesterday, as its organizers were promoters of the oligarchies of the past; the President reiterated that the people have a high level of awareness because the revolution of consciences has functioned. The transformation movement has been carried out peacefully, guaranteeing freedoms

Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: AMLO hailed the decision of Mexico's anti-monopoly regulatory agency to approve the government's purchase of 13 electricity generating plants from the Spanish company Iberdrola; the head of the Financial Intelligence Unit, Pablo Gómez, reported on the progress of the government's civil suit in the United States against Genaro García Luna seeking the return of US$634 million that the former Minister of Public Security took out of the country; Gomez also reported on suspected fraud in the previous administration's purchase of Pegasus software used for domestic espionage.

Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: AMLO assured truck drivers that the government is committed to protecting them from assaults on the nation's highways. 600 members of the National Guard will be assigned to highway security; Apaculco reconstruction relief efforts continue. More than 290,000 homes have been rebuilt and 190,750 packages of household goods have been distributed; Acapulco is getting back on its feet. 167 hotels are back in operation and 1st quarter tourism revenue is expected to reach US$254 million.