Morning press conference, from the National Palace. Friday, January 10, 2025 President Claudia Sheinbaum. 00:00:00 Start of broadcast 00:18:14 Press conference begins 00:20:21 Remodeling of the AICM 00:32:59 Financial support for indigenous and Afro-Mexican women artisans 00:49:46 Questions and answers session 01:41:24 Suave Patria The comprehensive remodeling of the Mexico City International Airport “Benito Juárez” begins in April and will be in charge of the Navy to control any structural damage due to subsidence in the area. We will promote this terminal and the “Felipe Ángeles” International Airport (AIFA) for the arrival of athletes and visitors for the 2026 Soccer World Cup. The airports of Toluca and Cuernavaca will also be hosts. This action will be carried out through FIFA and Gabriela Cuevas, the federal government's representative for this event. The remodeling is good news. The Navy has considerably improved the operation of the AICM. To do so, 8 billion pesos of self-generated resources will be invested; they will work on the aesthetic, functional, maintenance and conservation remodeling, as well as the improvement of internal and external roads. The comprehensive program to support indigenous and Afro-Mexican women artisans is one of the 100 commitments of our government. It is about direct economic support for the production, training, conservation and marketing of crafts. Initially we will deliver 12 thousand individual supports and a thousand for solidarity groups or cooperative societies; in February the dissemination of requirements begins. Financiera para el Bienestar (Finabien), the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INPI) and the Ministry of Culture work on this program. This program also protects the creations of artisans. We announce that the protection of Mexican crafts and designs will have the rank of law to promote them and prevent them from disappearing. To this end, we are also strengthening the National Fund for the Promotion of Crafts (Fonart), Original, and other mechanisms and institutions. The creations of our indigenous peoples are the cultural greatness of Mexico and the well-being of artisans. Mexico will be represented during the ceremony of the change of powers in Venezuela; we reaffirm our foreign policy: the Venezuelan people have sovereignty to make decisions. During the meeting with the INE counselors on the next election in the Judicial Branch, we highlighted the importance of both the process and the counting and the results being carried out with honesty and transparency. One of the agreements is that they will inform the people of Mexico of the reasons why they consider it necessary to increase resources. We also proposed to allocate the official times of the Government of Mexico to broaden the dissemination of the process. Next Monday we will present the Mexico Plan; in addition to the link with the T-MEC, the objective is to strengthen our economy, particularly the manufacturing sector and some services such as tourism. Our Foreign Ministry has established communication with the government of the United States and the state of California. Mexico will send a solidarity team made up of the National Forestry Commission (Conafor) and the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) to support the fight against forest fires. Our country has always been generous, but we also care about the Mexicans who live in the region. We send our love and gratitude to former Uruguayan President Pepe Mujica for his wisdom and simplicity; he is a symbol for Latin America and the entire world. We will seek to establish contact with him; we hope he gets better. We appreciate the trust and broad support of Mexicans. The transformation of public life, as well as the recognition and defense of women's rights are symbols of this government on the second floor of the Fourth Transformation. Added to this is the defense of the rights of the people of Mexico against the neoliberal vision. We continue to work with honesty and results. In the section “Suave patria” we remember that the red and pink colors of our traditional textiles come from the cochineal plant, a species native to Oaxaca. We must all work together to preserve it; it is one of the cultural legacies of our ancestors.