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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO sent his condolences to the families of the nine people who were killed yesterday, during an accident that occurred during a Citizens’ Movement election campaign rally held in Nuevo León; Following the International Court of Justice decision that it will not take precautionary measures against Ecuador for its raid on the Mexican Embassy in Quito, President López Obrador said that the case is still not over and that it is important to set a precedent so that international law is never again violated and an embassy invaded; the President denounced the intellectuals who are supporting the opposition presidential candidate, saying they seek a return to the era of “perks” for the cultural community received from the neoliberal governments; AMLO reiterated the need for a Judicial Branch Reform in order to move forward with the transformation of the country.

According to the latest opinion poll conducted by De las Heras Demotecnia, AMLO has a nationwide approval rating of 75%; President López Obrador continues to travel around the country to meet with governors and those responsible for public health policies, in order to guarantee that in September there will be a first level Public Health-Care System in place; it is not true that the Mexican government wants to eliminate private property and expropriate family homes and Morena does not seek to amend any article of the Constitution for such purposes; the Mexican Employers Confederation was denounced for promoting slander campaigns against the President and his administration since August 2022.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO expressed his confidence that the entire population will participate in the June 2 elections and that together the people will guarantee clean and free elections. “Let threats, vote buying, and electoral fraud be confined to the dustbin of history,” he said; the Mexican government has recovered 90 hospitals that were in disrepair, closed, or lacking equipment. Most of them have been recovered through the IMSS Bienestar program; the President reported that despite the high temperatures that have been registered in the past few days, the Federal Electricity Commission has maintained the supply without complications.

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 […]

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.