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100 Points – Message from President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo – Presented in Mexico City’s Zócalo Square – October 1, 2024

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100 Points Message from President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Presented in Mexico City’s Zocalo Square October 1, 2024

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

septiembre 30, 2024 |
Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: During his final press conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he was very proud that his administration attended to, listened to and respected everyone. He emphasized that the principle of “for the good of all, the poor come first” was put into practice, which made it possible to reduce poverty rates in the country; Final results report details major advances in Mexican economic and social stats; the Mexican government is attending to the victims of Hurricane John in Acapulco, Guerrero. The emergency plans of the Navy, Ministry of National Defense, and National Guard remain in place and the census has already begun to deliver direct support to close to 15,000 affected households.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

septiembre 27, 2024 |
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.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

septiembre 25, 2024 |
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.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

septiembre 24, 2024 |
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.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENDCE – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

septiembre 23, 2024 |
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.”

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

septiembre 20, 2024 |
Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO recalled that during his administration nearly 10 million people have been lifted out of poverty, thanks to the new economic policy based on a humanist outlook and priority attention to the most vulnerable sectors of the population; the President pointed out that the approval of the constitutional reform on indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples is a historic development, since the rights of native peoples will be legally recognized. He was confident that the bill will be easily passed by the Senate, following its unanimous approval by the Chamber of Deputies. He said that the incoming Claudia Sheinbaum administration will not allow the reform to remain a dead letter and will put it into practice; the results of the National Statistics Institute’s latest survey on “Social perception of authorities' performance” show high levels of popular support for government institutions.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

septiembre 19, 2024 |
Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO welcomed the unanimous vote of congressional deputies of all the political parties to approve the constitutional reform he presented regarding indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples. The reform recognizes them as subjects of public law, which provides these communities with greater legal rights and autonomy and enables them to receive and execute budgets, in addition to being consulted in cases of projects that impact their locality or way of life; President López Obrador reiterated that the Judicial Reform will allow for important advances in the administration of justice in favor of minorities, as the influence of oligarchies over judges, justices, and magistrates will be eradicated; the President regretted that the U.S. government has not heeded Mexico's proposal to face the migration problem by addressing the causes that lead to migrants abandoning their countries of origin; today is the anniversary of both the 1985 and 2017 earthquakes. The results of the National Reconstruction Program for the 2017 earthquakes were reported.

Mexico Solidarity Bulletin – No. 194 — September 18, 2024

septiembre 18, 2024 |
Contents: An Injudicious Act Puts US on Time-Out — Meizhu Lui, for the editorial team Voices:  Who’s Entitled to Judge the Judges?  — Interview with […]