In Morelia, as part of her national accountability tour, President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo highlighted that in the past six years, 13.5 million people have risen out of poverty—an historic achievement that, she said, “shook the world” and represents a triumph of the Fourth Transformation and of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Before a full audience at the Don Vasco Pavilion, the president underscored that thanks to wealth distribution, Mexico is no longer one of the most unequal countries in the world, becoming instead the second with the lowest inequality on the continent. “There is still much to do, but today the percentage of people living in poverty is the lowest in Mexico’s history, less than 30 percent,” she emphasized.
Sheinbaum reported that in Michoacán, 1,294,953 people directly benefit from one of the Programs for Wellbeing, with an annual investment of 35.5 billion pesos. These include pensions for older adults, support for people with disabilities, educational scholarships, Sembrando Vida, free fertilizers, and Production for Wellbeing, along with new initiatives such as Pensión Mujeres Bienestar, the Rita Cetina Scholarship, and Health House by House.
The president also announced strategic projects for the state: construction of 73,000 rural and urban homes; cancellation of unpayable Infonavit and Fovissste loans; modernization of the port of Lázaro Cárdenas; repaving of federal highways; modernization of Irrigation District 020; recovery of Lake Pátzcuaro; new high schools in Morelia and Uruapan; and a new campus of the Rosario Castellanos National University. In healthcare, she announced expansions of hospitals in Maruata, Arantepacua, Paracho, and Uruapan, as well as the construction of a hospital in the Purépecha region.
Sheinbaum recalled with special affection the Purépecha communities, where she carried out her undergraduate thesis, highlighting their solidarity as an example of community organization and justice. She reiterated that the Justice Plan for the Purépecha People will continue advancing with various actions in support of their communities. Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla expressed gratitude for the federal support, particularly in education, to help overcome the state’s historical lag.
