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By David Bacon Clara Brugada On Tuesday Claudia Sheinbaum took office as President of Mexico, the first woman and Jewish person to hold the nation’s […]

Mexico is making history today as the country prepares to inaugurate the first woman to be elected president. Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and the […]

By Bill Gallegos (This article is based on my presentation given at a Solidarity with the People of México event on September 22nd in Los […]

Contents: The Key Ingredient for Nurturing Peace — Meizhu Lui, for the editorial team Voices: Two Peoples Acting for Peace with Justice – Interview with […]

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

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.