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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: Minister of the Interior Luisa Alcalde charged that the Supreme Court in proposing the elimination of Preventive Detention, is exceeding its powers, as it intends to annul a constitutional provision, when only Congress has the authority to do so; Minister of Security and Citizen Protection Rosa Icela Rodríguez reported that in March 2024, federal crimes and intentional homicides were down 28.2% and 21.4%, with regard to December 2018; voting in this year’s elections will be held in federal and state penitentiaries from May 6-20 for inmates who complied with the requirements established by the National Electoral Institute; AMLO recalled that, as part of the Pension Reform, the creation of a compensatory fund is being contemplated so that workers who retire receive 100% of their salary.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO announced that after the June 2 elections, he will make a farewell tour through all the states of the country, to bid adieu to political life, since at the end of his administration he will no longer engage in public activities nor have a presence in the social networks; the Ministries of the Interior and Foreign Relations will investigate complaints of Mexicans living abroad who say they have been removed from the voter registration rolls ahead of the June 2 elections; the President said that requests for protection from candidates in the current election campaign will be immediately attended to; AMLO charged that a group of judges eliminated official preventive detention from the legal code, which, he explained, means impunity for suspected criminals; there are about 1,400 Mexicans in the Middle East; all are reportedly well.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO said that at the end of his administration there will be no unfulfilled commitments. However, he said that if there were to be any pending issues, he will leave it in writing to whoever replaces him so that they be attended to, with the population being duly informed; The President welcomed the National Electoral Institute’s decision to not suspend the morning presidential press conferences, as demanded by the opposition; The reform to the Pension Law will defend workers’ assets and improve the situation of those who are going to retire, so that they will receive more income than before; the complaint filed by Mexico against Ecuador before the International Court of Justice seeks to codify the norm that the UN can expel any member state that violates international law.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO again questioned the opposition's request to censor the morning press conferences, as an unprecedented attempt to silence a president in office; the Mexican government will file a complaint today against Ecuador before the International Court of Justice for its flagrant violation of the protected status of the country’s embassy and for the physical attacks against its diplomats, which are violations of the Vienna Convention; the lawsuit that Mexico will present will request the suspension of Ecuador from the UN, until it issues a public apology recognizing the violations of the principles of international law; the President reiterated that there will be no protection or impunity for anyone in the case of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students; the Mexican government is developing 15 priority water projects with an investment of US$5.68 billion, which will benefit 21.3 million of the country’s inhabitants.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO criticized the opposition's request for the electoral authorities to cancel the morning press conferences as an affront to free expression; the President explained that Mexico’s complaint to be filed against the Ecuadorian government before the International Court of Justice is so that in the future no one will dare commit a similar outrage such as violating the sanctity of a foreign embassy; the social media campaign to discredit the President was exposed. Between January 31 and April 7, more than 26.32 million messages attacking AMLO were published, with only 1.7% of the posts being original and the rest generated by bots.

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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO condemned the lack of definition shown by the U.S. and Canada regarding the police attack on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador. He asked the two countries for a clear statement on the issue; An El Heraldo poll shows the Mexican president's approval rating is 71% nationally; the President announced that before the end of September, Mexico will have the best public health system in the world; the IMSS Bienestar program provides free medical care and pharmaceuticals to over 53.24 million Mexicans without social security in the 23 states that have federalized their health services. The program has also invested over US$225.14 million in refurbishing 214 hospitals. In addition, 31 new hospitals have been put into operation and 33 are under construction; The new The Clinic is Ours program will have a budget of US$360 million to improve and refurbish health-care centers; it will provide direct support to local committees, which will define how to invest the resources.