Nature steals the spotlight from Mexico’s economic achievements: Friday’s mañanera recapped

President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Friday greeting property league was interrupted by an earthquake, but not earlier she summarized the past year’s affirmative economical news, including a grounds twelvemonth for the peso, a large summation successful overseas tourism and a beardown show by the banal market.

After conferring with members of civilian extortion authorities successful Mexico City and Guerrero (the epicenter of the 6.5-magnitude temblor), Sheinbaum resumed the mañanera, concluding with the quality that she would beryllium taking the regular property league connected the roadworthy this year.

After evacuating the National Palace, President Sheinbaum spoke with Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado and Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada for an update connected immoderate harm caused by the earthquake. (Gustavo Alberto / Cuartoscuro.com)

Five affirmative economical headlines highlighted

Sheinbaum was outlining Mexico’s coagulated fiscal footing heading into the caller twelvemonth erstwhile the earthquake alarm sounded wrong Guillermo Prieto Hall, wherever statesmanlike property conferences person been held since December 2018.

Before ordering the evacuation of the National Palace, Sheinbaum was discussing 5 large stories that played retired successful 2025:

• Mexico present has the second-lowest unemployment successful the world, a assertion Sheinbaum archetypal made connected Dec. 26 erstwhile she announced Mexico recorded an unemployment complaint of 2.7% successful November, conscionable down Japan (2.6%). She said the information revealed tangible results from her government’s economical and labour policies.
• The peso recorded its champion gains against the U.S. dollar successful much than 3 decades, dipping nether 18 pesos to the dollar for the archetypal clip since July 2024. Mexico’s currency appreciated conscionable much than 16% against the dollar.
• Mexico’s Stock Exchange outperformed Wall Street successful 2025, enjoying its champion twelvemonth since 2009, and the organization banal speech had its champion twelvemonth since it opened successful 2018.
• Foreign visitors accrued by 13.3% and the tourism assemblage saw sustained maturation successful concern and occupation creation. Tourism Minister Josefina Rodríguez told the assembled reporters that tourism GDP reached 2.71 trillion pesos (US $151 billion), comprising 8.7% of the nationalist GDP and a maturation of 2.5% compared to 2024.
• The minimum wage summation of 13% took effect connected Thursday. The wide regular minimum wage accrued to 315.04 pesos (US $17.58), portion the Northern Border Free Zone complaint roseate to 440.87 pesos (US $24.61).

Post-earthquake update

Upon resuming her property conference, Sheinbaum said she had spoken with Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado who indicated nary superior harm had been reported from the earthquake which had its epicenter successful San Marcos, astir 74 kilometers (46 miles) eastbound of Acapulco.

Sheinbaum besides said overflights of Mexico City had not revealed immoderate damage, though her Cabinet would stay vigilant and proceed evaluating the concern successful the superior and crossed the nation.

Así fue como la conferencia matutina de la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum fue evacuada ante el sismo registrado la mañana de este viernes.

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Federal wellness regulatory bureau has a caller boss

Mexico’s superior wellness regulatory agency, Cofepris, volition present beryllium headed by Víctor Hugo Borja, Sheinbaum announced.

Cofepris is liable for protecting the nationalist from wellness risks by overseeing products and services similar food, medicines, aesculapian devices, cosmetics and biology factors.

The Health Ministry confirmed the assignment and Sheinbaum praised the enactment carried retired by Cofepris since it was overhauled by her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

“It’s a precise important institution,” she said, adding that the implementation of caller mechanisms has reduced support times, making the instauration much efficient.

In related news, Sheinbaum announced that the Welfare Pharmacies aviator programme successful México state is being evaluated and, if each goes well, it volition beryllium implemented crossed the state opening successful March. The extremity is to “guarantee entree to escaped medications astatine wellness centers and hospitals, arsenic good arsenic to fortify the government’s door-to-door wellness attraction program,” she said.

Mañanera roadworthy shows statesman adjacent week

Starting connected Jan. 8, the president volition clasp her Thursday and Friday greeting property conferences “outside the National Palace successful assorted locations passim the country.”

Sheinbaum said she volition question with her Security Cabinet which volition conscionable with their respective authorities and municipal counterparts, with the extremity of monitoring information problems successful each portion and evaluating the advancement of the implemented strategies.

Saying the determination responds to the request to fortify dialog and coordination betwixt the national authorities and section authorities, the itinerant property conferences volition statesman connected Jan. 8 successful Morelos. The pursuing day, the mañanera volition beryllium held successful Acapulco, Guerrero.

The mañanera roadworthy amusement volition past astatine slightest until mid-February, she said.

With reports from Milenio, El Universal and Infobae