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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.

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.

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.

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.

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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO welcomed the renewal of Morena's National Executive Committee and said he was very pleased with those elected to the party’s top leadership, with Luisa María Alcalde as president, Carolina Rangel as the new general secretary, and Andrés López Beltrán as Secretary of Organization. In this context, he reiterated his resignation from the party as he will be withdrawing from public activity when his term ends; following the attack he was the victim of yesterday in Veracruz, when an employee of the judicial branch threw a bottle of water at him, the Mexican President said that there will be no action taken against the aggressor but asked for respect towards those who participate in the country’s transformation; the President said that the Supreme Court should declare the two cases related to tax evasion committed by business magnate Ricardo Salinas Pliego to be outside its jurisdiction given that both have already passed through the courts and do not involve issues of constitutionality.”