Sheinbaum reflects on year 1: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped

President Claudia Sheinbaum was congratulated by reporters soon aft she appeared successful the Treasury Hall of the National Palace for her Wednesday greeting property conference.

The reason? She has present completed 1 twelvemonth of her six-year presidency, having been sworn successful arsenic Mexico’s archetypal pistillate person connected Oct. 1, 2024.

President Sheinbaum’s archetypal twelvemonth successful bureau successful 12 numbers: Part 1

Sheinbaum, successful turn, congratulated the property corps for “enduring the archetypal twelvemonth of [her] mañaneras.”

‘The astir important happening is to support conviction’

A newsman asked the president what “single adjective” she would usage to picture her archetypal twelvemonth arsenic Mexico’s president.

“Now, you’ve truly made it hard for me,” Sheinbaum responded.

“… We travel from a societal movement, from the combat for democracy, from the combat for the well-being of the people, from the combat for freedoms,” she said.

“And I judge that the astir important happening is to support conviction,” Sheinbaum said without straight responding to the reporter’s question.

“… There is simply a condemnation of work to the radical supra each else,” she said.

Like her predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Sheinbaum has made providing enactment for Mexico’s astir disadvantaged citizens — particularly done payment programs — her government’s raison d’être. She is besides committed to improving the lives of Mexican women. 

The president alluded to that committedness successful a video she shared to societal media connected Wednesday to people the completion of her archetypal twelvemonth successful office. Among Sheinbaum’s remarks included successful the video are:

• It’s clip for women. All of america women are arriving [to the presidency] and that’s very, precise powerful.
• I’m convinced that we are connected the verge of a caller era, that of the rebirth of Mexico.
• I volition not neglect you.
• I’m [just] different national successful this magnificent country, with a work that the radical gave me.
• Mexico is simply a free, autarkic and sovereign country.

‘We person to execute the 100 points’

Sheinbaum told reporters that her authorities has a work to support its promises to the radical of Mexico.

“We committed to 100 points, we person to execute the 100 points,” she said.

Sheinbaum was referring to 100 commitments she outlined during a code successful Mexico City’s cardinal square, the Zócalo, the time she was sworn successful arsenic president.

Those commitments included reducing high-impact crimes specified arsenic homicides, processing caller rider railroads, lifting the minimum wage connected an yearly ground and commencing the accumulation of lithium “with our ain technology.”

The top challenges Sheinbaum has faced … volition beryllium revealed connected Sunday

Asked what challenges she has faced during her archetypal twelvemonth arsenic president, Sheinbaum told reporters they volition person to hold until Sunday.

On Sunday, she volition present a code successful the Zócalo, which volition people the extremity of her nationwide “accountability tour.”

Toward the extremity of his archetypal twelvemonth arsenic president, López Obrador recounted the 5 astir hard moments helium had faced successful office, choosing the detonation of a gasoline pipeline successful Hidalgo arsenic the hardest. The January 2019 detonation of a pipeline that had been perforated by substance thieves claimed 137 lives.

What has Sheinbaum missed the astir during her archetypal twelvemonth arsenic president?

A newsman asked the president what she has missed the astir “from her regular life” during the archetypal twelvemonth of her presidency.

“Perhaps being much with the family,” Sheinbaum said.

“… One ever sacrifices that part. I would similar to walk much clip with my grandson,” she said.

Sheinbaum’s stepson from her archetypal matrimony has a young son. The president, who joined for a 2nd clip successful 2023, has a girl from her archetypal marriage, which lasted astir 30 years.

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])