The new head of Mexico City’s Metro (one of the most important transportation systems in the world and the recipient of a historic increase in funding this year of 23 billion MXN) has a dark history in previous right wing governments, with many unanswered questions about his administration of finances and connections to organized criminal groups.
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on construction begins on 106k units of social housing, fraud lawsuits against housing developers, national sovereignty, Telecommunications Law, & premature campaigning restrictions.
The document reiterates recommendations made by President Claudia Sheinbaum in a letter she wrote following the scandal involving Senator Andrea Chávez and internal disputes that have arisen in other states, such as Coahuila.
On Sunday, May 4th, Morena adopted a ban on electoral nepotism and expanded the ethical guidelines its leaders, elected officials, militants and candidates must follow. These are the guidelines.
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on price controls, steel industry regulation, increasing domestic energy production, national economic outlook, SNTE strike, US-Mexico relationship, improving housing and water access, missing persons issue, and ethics within Morena.
Viri Ríos says Claudia Sheinbaum’s message is clear: Morena’s leaders have failed or have been unwilling to put the party back on track, and the President has grown tired of simply watching.
Claudia Sheinbaum’s letter was full of compelling words and moral guidance, but will that be enough to tame excess, discipline internal factions and purge corporate interests?
Built mainly during the Fox and Calderón administrations, they were built for private profit with public money, and didn’t meet the needs of workers: with no services, nowhere near urban centers.
“Some modest suggestions to the Morena leadership, for the good of our country, our people, and our Movement.”
Parallel to the problem of adequate housing for migrants is a much more troubling issue: the crisis of lack of empathy, lack of solidarity, and covert xenophobia among certain sectors of Mexico City.