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Highlights of this morning’s morning press conference include: AMLO criticized the opposition’s attempts to interpret the Constitution when it suits them, in order to prevent the transformation movement from having a qualified majority in the Chamber of Deputies. He explained that one of their goals is to prevent the Judicial Reform from being achieved, because they want to maintain a corrupt branch of government at the service of a minority; Interior Minister Luisa María Alcalde reiterated that the Constitution is very clear about the distribution of proportional representation seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and establishes criteria and maximum ceilings for the distribution of seats per party, not per electoral coalition; the President charged that Tesla's decision to wait for the results of the U.S. election before investing in the Nuevo León car plant is a strategy of financial speculation; the Mexican Government has invested US$19.99 billion dollars in the Federal Electricity Commission in six years for energy generation, transmission, and distribution projects

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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO reiterated that there is no economic risk in the upcoming transition to the new administration, as the country's public finances are strong. He highlighted some of the achievements obtained thanks to the policy of Mexican Humanism, including: reduction of poverty, such as has not occurred in 30 years, decrease in inequality, increase of the minimum wage, such as has not occurred in 40 years, strengthening of the peso, unprecedented job creation, increased Banco de México foreign reserves, record foreign direct investment numbers; the President charged that from 2018 to 2024, judges have favored at least 192 highly dangerous criminals, who have been released on Fridays and Sundays. This modus operandi occurs because weekends are when it is more difficult to check if those released have other outstanding investigations surrounding their cases.

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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO pointed to the Reuters opinion poll, which indicates that Mexicans' trust in the media has fallen 25% in eight years. “This means that (the media) wasn’t able to understand the new political readjustments underway; they continue with the journalism of the past. They do not report objectively, they do not tell the truth, and they think that the people are stupid.”; AMLO highlighted Joe Biden’s achievements as president, saying that “the US economy is doing well and overcame the pandemic crisis and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In addition, the strategy of seeking self-sufficiency in North America so as not to depend so much on Asia was consolidated.”; the President criticized the irresponsible stigmatization of Mexican immigrants in the United States, where they reinvest $265 billion dollars in the US economy; López Obrador supported president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum in her response to Donald Trump's disqualification of Marcelo Ebrard. The president expressed his admiration for his former minister of foreign relations. “Let’s be clear that Mexicans, with Claudia, are going to insist on a good neighbor policy,” he said.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO charged that the Judicial Branch is already distributing trust fund monies so that when the judicial reform is approved, they will no longer have resources to turn in. The President urged the Ministry of Finance and the Federal Audit Office to review this situation; AMLO denounced journalist Tim Golden, who published a new report accusing him of links with drug trafficking, even though the Pulitzer Prize winner indicated that in his new investigation there is no evidence against the President; the President announced that he will send a letter to Donald Trump concerning migration and the importance of maintaining economic integration with the USMCA; Pemex and the Federal Electricity Commission are at their best moment and not in crisis as the opposition is trying to make people believe. The state-owned productive companies have been rescued during the current presidential administration with a record investment; Pemex director Octavio Romero Oropeza reported that the López Obrador administration reversed the declining trend in crude oil production, increasing output from slightly more than 1.64 million barrels of oil per day to almost 1.88 million in 2023, with the number expected to reach 1.70 million barrels this year.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO reiterated that at the end of his term he will retire from public and political life and that Claudia Sheinbaum) is a guarantee for the continuity of the transformation in Mexico; the President said that with Sheinbaum as president, there will be a new opportunity to analyze the relationship between Mexico and Spain. Currently there is a pause in relations due to the misunderstanding that arose as a result of AMLO’s request that Spain ask for forgiveness for the abuses inflicted on the indigenous peoples of Mexico during the country’s colonization and colonial period; Minister of the Navy Rafael Ojeda reported that operations were carried out in Ensenada, Baja California, against pharmacies that offered products containing fentanyl. As a result of the operations, the pharmacies, close to 800, were closed; the President emphasized that the Interoceanic Corridor is a global project that connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans to promote maritime trade. It is currently comprised of four ports with a capacity of 300,000 shipping containers per year, with number projected to increase to 1.4 million. The project will promote 12 Development for Wellbeing Poles, seven of which have already been auctioned.