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President Andrés Manuel López Obrador emphasized that there is no other country in the world that has a Well-Being plan such as the one that […]

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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: ahead of the June 2 national elections, AMLO expressed confidence that a free election is guaranteed, in which the people will decide and will confirm that there is now an authentic democracy in Mexico, unlike in the past when it was only a simulation; Chiapas Governor Rutilio Escandón reported that, according to the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policies (Coneval), poverty in the state decreased 10.63%, with respect to 2018; President López Obrador will meet today with his Guatemalan counterpart, Bernardo Arévalo, to discuss binational cooperation, security, culture, regional issues. “We are going to discuss projects that we are going to initiate and I am sure that there will be continuity” during the next administration, the President said. He expressed confidence that the Sembrando Vida agricultural support program will continue to operate in Guatemala.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO reiterated that Mexico is one of the most politicized countries in the world, with a conscious population. He said that the media’s attempts at manipulating public opinion “don’t make a dent.” The head of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), Manuel Bartlett, indicated that the National Electric System has never been at risk, had never stopped functioning and that there is no deficit in the production of electric energy. The Mexican Government has invested almost US$20 billion dollars in electric power generation and transmission projects to strengthen the CFE.; the atypical demand for electricity between May 7 and 9, due to the heat wave, caused the rotating interruption of electricity supply to at most 5% of the population; National Energy Control Center (Cenace) Director Ricardo Octavio Mota explained that the Cenace is responsible for guaranteeing the supply of electric power. Therefore, when there is an atypical demand for energy, consumption is restricted in an orderly and controlled manner to avoid a major problem in the entire National System.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO announced that federal basic education teachers will receive an annual salary increase of 10%, so that their monthly wage will be US$1,055; the President charged that Mexican and Spanish right-wing forces seek to undermine his government and the Fourth Transformation movement, using the Spanish parliament as a platform to intervene in the June elections; Foreign Direct Investment topped US$20.31 billion in the first quarter of 2024, a record high; on May 16, at the morning presidential press conference, the Mexican Government will present the plan to rescue the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and will explain the role of the National Energy Control Center.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: the latest Buendía & Márquez poll indicates that President López Obrador's approval rating is 70 percent nationwide; AMLO reported that the elimination of pre-trial detention that enabled eight military officers implicated in the case of the disappeared Ayotzinapa students to continue their trial in freedom will be challenged. He characterized the attack on the National Palace led yesterday by professors and teacher training college students, in which 26 police officers were injured, as a provocation designed to force his government to repress the aggressors on the eve of elections. The policy being followed is not to succumb to any provocation; in April 2024 federal crimes had decreased 23.1% compared to the beginning of the present administration. Intentional homicides fell 20% in the same period; between December 1, 2018 and April 30, 2023, hydrocarbon theft has decreased 94.2%, which means a savings of over US$19.44 billion. These resources have been allocated to well-being programs and public work projects that strengthen economic development.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conclude include: AMLO called on citizens to vote freely in the June 2 national elections and to denounce any electoral fraud; the President described as a "rehash" the content of the annual report of the US DEA that says several Mexican cartels have a presence in the US. He also reproached the US for not addressing the causes of drug consumption and for making it easy to blame Mexico for its domestic addiction problems; It was reported that migration to the US decreased 55.94% between December 2023 and May 2024; the Mexican Government announced that senior citizens living abroad are entitled to receive the Well-Being Pension, as the Constitution establishes it as a universal right.