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Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: AMLO polemicized against former president Ernesto Zedillo over the latter's neoliberal orientation; AMLO will send a bill to congress making presidential recall referendums valid if more than 30% of voters participate; by the end of the current administration, the government will have spent US$150 billion on Well.-Being programs, benefitting over 28 million families.

Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: AMLO defended his administration against baseless claims that he is establishing a dictatorship and that public insecurity has worsened; the President hailed the Navy's participation in strategic projects such as the Inter-Oceanic corridor and the management of ports and airports to prevent organized crime from moving in.

Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: Mexico's homicide rate has fallen 20% during the current presidential administration; AMLO slammed the court decision freeing eight military personnal accused of participation in the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students. They will remain free awaiting trial; The National Court enjoys an 81% approval rating among the population.

Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: AMLO pinpointed some of the administration's guidelines and principles, among them eliminating corruption and impunty, republican austerity,and delivering resources from the bottom to the top of the social pryramid; the President also emphasized economic achievements including a strong peso, 30 million families receiving assistance through the Well-Being programs, and one of the lowest unemployment rates worldwide; Minister of Foreign Relations Alicia Barcena reported on the productive meeting with top level US officials on immigration issues.

Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: Mexico has filed, along with Chile, a request for the International Criminal Court to investigate genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Palestine. AMLO called on the UN to approve a cease fire in Gaza; The Mexican government has moved against pharmaceutical monopolies by concentrating bi-annual purchases and launching the new Mega Farmacia to ensure supply nationwide.

Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: the public perception of insecurity has declined from 73.7% to 59.1% since AMLO took office in 2018; the President's reform bills to be presented on February 5 include eliminating the autonomous agencies widely viewed as wasteful and tied to privileged interests; the minimum wage for teachers will be constitutionally codified; AMLO is in second place worldwide in national approval ratings; major government programs are underway to improve the bnation's highways and railways.

Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: Adjustments will be made to the President's Austerity Plan to generate savings to finance the pension reform that aims for all workers' pensions to be the equivalent of their latest salary;; AMLO announced that the electoral reform to be presented on February 5 contemplates a reduction in state-funded campaign expenses, a cut in government financing to political parties, and the elimination of proportional representation candidacies; the government is developing 15 hydraulic projects aimed at increasing drinking water and irrigated land.