President Sheinbaum Reports on Michoacán's Progress and Welfare Programs

Government Vision and Progress

• 💡 President Claudia Sheinbaum is touring states to report on her first year of government, with Michoacán being the 15th state visited.
• 🧠 Her administration is guided by "Mexican Humanism," rooted in the cultural greatness of indigenous peoples and Mexico's historical patriotism.
• ✅ Key principles include "first the poor," ensuring no rich government with poor people, and acting "with the people, everything; without the people, nothing."
• 📈 Mexico has seen a historic reduction in poverty, with 13.5 million people lifted out of poverty and becoming the second least unequal country in the continent.

Expanding Welfare Programs

• 🎯 Michoacán benefits from a 35.523 billion pesos investment in welfare programs, reaching over 1.29 million people directly.
• 👵👴 Programs include pensions for 571,906 seniors and 39,748 people with disabilities, along with various scholarships for students.
• 👩‍👧‍👦 New initiatives include "Pensión Mujeres Bienestar" for 119,510 women aged 60-64, recognizing their care work.
• ⚕️ The "Salud Casa por Casa" program deploys 20,000 medical professionals nationwide to visit seniors and disabled individuals at home.
• 🏡 Indigenous communities now receive a direct constitutional budget, with women often managing the funds.

Infrastructure and Housing Development

• 🏗️ Major infrastructure projects include the modernization of Lázaro Cárdenas port and repaving federal highways, including Highway 200.
• 🛣️ Highway improvements are underway for Pátzcuaro-Uruapan, Zitácuaro-Maravatío, Uruapan-Nueva Italia, and Uruapan-Lázaro Cárdenas.
• 💧 Efforts are focused on modernizing the 020 Morelia-Queréndaro irrigation district to save water and restore Lake Pátzcuaro.
• 🏠 73,000 new homes are planned for families earning up to two minimum wages, and over 130,000 Infonavit and Fovissste loans have received balance reductions or cancellations.

Health and Education Enhancements

• 🏥 Health infrastructure is being expanded with the completion of Arantepacua General Hospital, hiring at Maruata Rural Hospital, and rehabilitation of other facilities.
• 🩺 Plans are in motion to build a hospital in the Purépecha region and expand two Family Medicine Units.
• 🏫 Education will see more high schools in Morelia and Uruapan, a new Rosario Castellanos National University campus, and 19 Childcare and Education Centers (CECI).

Community Support and Recognition

• 🤝 The Justice Plan for the P'urhépecha People is being developed with communities to provide various benefits.
• 🥛 Jiquilpan will host a milk drying plant, and each of Michoacán's 113 municipalities will have a "Free Center for women."
• 🇺🇸 The President expressed gratitude and support for Mexican migrants in the United States, recognizing them as "heroes and heroines of the homeland."