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SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2024

enero 24, 2024 |
Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: AMLO defended his administration against baseless claims that he is establishing a dictatorship and that public insecurity has worsened; the President hailed the Navy's participation in strategic projects such as the Inter-Oceanic corridor and the management of ports and airports to prevent organized crime from moving in.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024

enero 23, 2024 |
Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: Mexico's homicide rate has fallen 20% during the current presidential administration; AMLO slammed the court decision freeing eight military personnal accused of participation in the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students. They will remain free awaiting trial; The National Court enjoys an 81% approval rating among the population.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2024

enero 22, 2024 |
Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: AMLO pinpointed some of the administration's guidelines and principles, among them eliminating corruption and impunty, republican austerity,and delivering resources from the bottom to the top of the social pryramid; the President also emphasized economic achievements including a strong peso, 30 million families receiving assistance through the Well-Being programs, and one of the lowest unemployment rates worldwide; Minister of Foreign Relations Alicia Barcena reported on the productive meeting with top level US officials on immigration issues.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2024

enero 19, 2024 |
Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: Mexico has filed, along with Chile, a request for the International Criminal Court to investigate genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Palestine. AMLO called on the UN to approve a cease fire in Gaza; The Mexican government has moved against pharmaceutical monopolies by concentrating bi-annual purchases and launching the new Mega Farmacia to ensure supply nationwide.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2024

enero 18, 2024 |
Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: the public perception of insecurity has declined from 73.7% to 59.1% since AMLO took office in 2018; the President's reform bills to be presented on February 5 include eliminating the autonomous agencies widely viewed as wasteful and tied to privileged interests; the minimum wage for teachers will be constitutionally codified; AMLO is in second place worldwide in national approval ratings; major government programs are underway to improve the bnation's highways and railways.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2024

enero 17, 2024 |
Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: Adjustments will be made to the President's Austerity Plan to generate savings to finance the pension reform that aims for all workers' pensions to be the equivalent of their latest salary;; AMLO announced that the electoral reform to be presented on February 5 contemplates a reduction in state-funded campaign expenses, a cut in government financing to political parties, and the elimination of proportional representation candidacies; the government is developing 15 hydraulic projects aimed at increasing drinking water and irrigated land.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2024

enero 16, 2024 |
Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference: On February 5, AMLO will send 10 reform bills to Congress. Of particular importance is the bill that will enable voters to elect Supreme Court judges; the President denounced a campaign underway to discredit Megafarmacia, a new government project to ensure rapid distribution of pharmaceuticals to guarantee supply nationwide; federal crimes are down 34.2% since the administration took offfice, with fuel theft having plummeted 94.2%.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – MONDAY, JANUARY, 15, 2024

enero 15, 2024 |
Highlights of this morning's press conference include: AMLO's labor reform to constitutonally codify increases in the minimum wage above inflation and workers retirement benefits based on their latest salary; there is no water shortage in Mexico City. City and State of Mexico authorities are working with the National Water Commission to resolve the situation; In response to articles in Reforma, AMLO pointed out that the Mexican economy is doing well, with a strong peso and low inflation.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2024

enero 12, 2024 |
Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: On February 5. the President will send a reform package to Congress with bills concerning the government's well-being programs, salaries, pensions, the judicial branch, and electoral issues; AMLO estimates Mexico's economic growth in 2024 will reach 3.5%; The Mexican president is the most watched streamer in Latin America.

SUMMARY – MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE – THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2024

enero 11, 2024 |
Highlights of this morning's presidential press conference include: AMLO's is the second highest rated leader worldwide, with a 64% approval rating; the President has fulfilled 98 of his 100 commitments made upon taking office, in addion to others not initially contemplated; family members of the disappeared Ayotzinapa students will have access to Ministry of National Defense files for three months; Several reports were presented on the progress made in rescuing and strengthening the Federal Electricity Commission.