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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: In response to the fall in international markets due to a slowdown in US job numbers, AMLO said Mexico can resist its effects because the economic strategy promoted by his administration has worked, positive indicators are being posted, and the country’s economy is strong in the face of any contingency. On August 3, President López Obrado headed the ceremony launching the Dos Bocas, Tabasco refinery, which produced 10% of all gasoline consumed in the country on its first day of operations. In 2018, Mexico imported 90% of the country’s gasoline requirements, now only 10% is imported.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: the latest Mendoza Blanco y Asociados poll shows that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has an 83% approval rating; President López Obrador ruled out a response to the letter from the UN Special Rapporteur in which they express concern about the Judicial reform. He said that they were not acting responsibly and charged that the UN and its agencies engage in unproductive diplomacy; AMLO welcomed Claudia Sheinbaum’s announcement that she will continue with the presidential press conferences as well as her cabinet appointments; following his conference call with his counterparts from Brazil and Colombia regarding the post-election situation in Venezuela, López Obrador agreed that what is most important is to avoid violence and act with prudence, and therefore it is necessary to wait for the official results. He criticized the U.S. State Department’s decision to recognized opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner; thus far during the current presidential administration, the homicide mortality rate per 100,000 inhabitants has decreased 5%, an important achievement since during Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña’s administrations, the rate increased 12% and 7%, respectively.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador emphasized that the awakening of the Mexican people is unique, a vanguard phenomenon in the world. "(It is) an example of political maturity, awareness, citizen participation, and the struggle for freedom, justice, and democracy. There is a renewal underway," he said; the President called on the Supreme Court justices to resolve the cases of large corporations that owe more than US$1.33 billion in taxes, which could be invested in scholarships for basic education students; AMLO criticized OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro statements that the Venezuelan presidential elections were fraudulent when he has no proof. He reiterated that what would be best is to wait for the official results and for there to be transparency so that there are no doubts of an alleged fraud. "[The OAS] seems to be an appendage of hegemonic, conservative, authoritarian, anti-democratic governments," he said; the housing plan for young people and workers that Claudia Sheinbaum will promote when she becomes President will be attractive and successful, López Obrador said, recalling that it proposes support for the most vulnerable sectors.