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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO said that it is very regrettable that the International Court of Justice still has not resolved the complaint filed over the Ecuadoran police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, in which former Vice President Jorge Glas was arrested; President emphasized that the Mexican economy has passed the test and withstood the fall in the world's stock markets, pressured by the instability of U.S. job numbers. The Mexican peso continues to be the second most appreciated currency worldwide in relation to the US dollar; AMLO stressed that all the information provided by Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada on the Sinaloa cartel's links with US and Mexican officials will be very important and said that in the drug kingpin’s upcoming trial in the United States he will have to make it clear who helped him, who protected him, and what agreements he reached with US government agencies; Minister of Security and Citizen Protection Rosa Icela Rodríguez reported that in July 2024 femicides declined 35.6% compared to December 2018, when Lopez Obrador’s administration took office.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: In response to the fall in international markets due to a slowdown in US job numbers, AMLO said Mexico can resist its effects because the economic strategy promoted by his administration has worked, positive indicators are being posted, and the country’s economy is strong in the face of any contingency. On August 3, President López Obrado headed the ceremony launching the Dos Bocas, Tabasco refinery, which produced 10% of all gasoline consumed in the country on its first day of operations. In 2018, Mexico imported 90% of the country’s gasoline requirements, now only 10% is imported.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: the latest Mendoza Blanco y Asociados poll shows that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has an 83% approval rating; President López Obrador ruled out a response to the letter from the UN Special Rapporteur in which they express concern about the Judicial reform. He said that they were not acting responsibly and charged that the UN and its agencies engage in unproductive diplomacy; AMLO welcomed Claudia Sheinbaum’s announcement that she will continue with the presidential press conferences as well as her cabinet appointments; following his conference call with his counterparts from Brazil and Colombia regarding the post-election situation in Venezuela, López Obrador agreed that what is most important is to avoid violence and act with prudence, and therefore it is necessary to wait for the official results. He criticized the U.S. State Department’s decision to recognized opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner; thus far during the current presidential administration, the homicide mortality rate per 100,000 inhabitants has decreased 5%, an important achievement since during Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña’s administrations, the rate increased 12% and 7%, respectively.