President Sheinbaum Details Transformation and Progress in Sinaloa

Advancing Social Welfare and Poverty Reduction

• 💡 President Claudia Sheinbaum highlighted the transformation of Mexico's economic, political, and social model, prioritizing the poor.
• 📈 A key achievement is the reduction of poverty for 13.5 million Mexicans and a significant decrease in inequality, making Mexico the second least unequal country in the Americas.
• ✅ The minimum wage increased by 135% in real terms from 2018 to 2025, reaching 8,600 pesos, and is projected to cover 2.5 basic baskets by 2030.
• 💰 Welfare Programs receive 850 billion pesos in the current budget, set to reach one trillion pesos next year, with many programs now constitutional rights.

Key Welfare Programs in Sinaloa

• 👨‍🦳 Over 338,000 seniors in Sinaloa receive universal pensions, and more than 60,000 people with disabilities receive support.
• 🎓 Scholarships benefit 16,855 university students and 122,085 high school students, with new programs for public secondary students and eventually primary students.
• 👩‍👧‍👦 A new pension for women aged 60-64 recognizes their unacknowledged care work, with distribution starting in October.
• 🏥 The "Salud casa por casa" program provides primary health attention through home visits for seniors and disabled individuals, including access to free medicines from Welfare Pharmacies.

Infrastructure and Economic Development

• 🛣️ Significant infrastructure projects in Sinaloa include the completion of the San Ignacio-Tayoltita highway, repaving all federal roads, and modernizing the Topolobampo port.
• 💧 Irrigation districts 010 and 075 are being modernized for water efficiency, alongside new agricultural irrigation projects at the Picacho and Santa María dams.
• 🏡 57,418 new homes are planned for low-income workers, and 215,000 families benefited from reduced Infonavit/Fovissste loan payments.
• 🌾 Economic support includes an additional 3.75 billion pesos for Bienpesca, expansion of soft loans for livestock, and efforts to ensure fair prices for corn producers.

Education and Health Initiatives

• 🏫 The government is expanding high schools and universities, including the conversion of secondary schools for evening upper secondary education and a new Rosario Castellanos National University campus in Sinaloa.
• 👶 39 Childcare and Education Centers (CECI) will provide free services to support working mothers.
• 🏥 Health improvements include new operating rooms and a burn unit at the IMSS Children's Hospital in Culiacán, and the expansion of the IMSS-Bienestar Sinaloa Psychiatric Hospital.

Security and National Sovereignty

• 🛡️ The Security Cabinet visits Sinaloa every two weeks to address causes of violence, strengthen the National Guard, and improve intelligence and coordination.
• 🤝 Mexico maintains collaboration with the United States on security, but firmly rejects interference and subordination, upholding national sovereignty.
• 🔫 A recent agreement ensures the US will strengthen actions against arms trafficking from its territory into Mexico, a key achievement in diplomatic negotiations.