President Sheinbaum Announces Key Investments and Programs for Coahuila

Coahuila Investment & Development

• 💰 An investment of 650 million pesos is announced for Coahuila's cattle ranchers to strengthen beef production for domestic consumption and export, including low-interest credits and a comprehensive production center.
• 🚄 Construction of the Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo passenger train is set to begin, aiming to connect communities, develop local areas, and enable efficient transportation across Monterrey, Mexico City, and the Gulf of Mexico.
• 🏡 51,000 new homes are planned for Coahuila (11,000 by Conavi, 40,000 by Infonavit), alongside debt relief for 347,840 families with Infonavit and Fovissste credits.
• 💧 Projects include work on Irrigation District 017 and an emergency program to address drought needs in Coahuila.
• 🎓 The state will gain a branch of the Rosario Castellanos National University and see the construction of more high schools.

National Economic Progress

• 📈 Mexico has achieved its lowest poverty rate in history, lifting 13.5 million people from poverty in six years.
• 📊 The country has significantly reduced economic inequality, becoming the second least unequal nation on the continent after Canada.
• ✅ This progress is attributed to increased public works, a 135% real increase in the minimum wage between 2018 and 2025, and the establishment of social welfare programs as constitutional rights.

Expanded Social Welfare Programs

• 🤝 In Coahuila, 934,768 people benefit from federal government support, representing an annual investment of 16.403 billion pesos.
• 👩‍🦳 A new program, "Pensión Mujeres Bienestar," will provide support to women aged 60-64, recognizing their often unacknowledged labor in caregiving and the home.
• 📚 The "Becar Ritacina" program will provide scholarships to all public secondary school students.
• 🩺 "Salud Casa por Casa" is introduced as an ambitious preventive health program, deploying nurses and doctors to homes across the country.

Justice and Worker Support

• ⛏️ Efforts continue to recover all miners from the Pasta de Conchos incident, with a commitment to not stop until the last miner is found.
• 🏭 The government is committed to delivering justice to the workers of Altos Hornos de México (AMSA), prioritizing their claims in ongoing legal proceedings to recover the steel mill.

Government Principles

• 🗣️ President Sheinbaum emphasizes accountability and transparency as core republican acts, undertaking a tour to report directly to the people in all states.
• 💖 The government operates under the maxim, "For the good of all, first the poor," defining its economic, political, and social model.
• 🇲🇽 The President stressed that Mexico negotiates as equals on the international stage, coordinating and collaborating but never subordinating its national sovereignty and independence.