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President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo pointed out that maintaining a good relationship and collaboration between Mexico and the United States was one of the main points of agreement during yesterday's conversation with President-elect Donald Trump, who recognized the efforts made in various areas: -The migration strategy that the Mexican government has been implementing and strengthening since 2024, such as support for Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala through the Sembrando Vida and Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro programs. -Direct delivery in southern Mexico of permits issued by the U.S. government, as well as employment options for those who stay in our country, care in shelters, or support if they decide to return to their places of origin. The president also raised the importance of ending the blockades on Cuba and Venezuela, since they generate suffering for the people and increase migration. During the phone call, she stated that the migrant caravan will not arrive at the northern border because Mexico is applying a care strategy. The president-elect spoke about the humanitarian crisis that the United States is experiencing due to fentanyl use; was interested in the campaign implemented by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Regarding security, they highlighted the importance of collaborating. The general director of the Railway Transport Regulatory Agency, Andrés Lajous Loaeza, reported that in 2025 the construction of more than three thousand kilometers of railroad tracks for passenger service will begin. The first phase corresponds to four routes, totaling 786 kilometers: AIFA-Pachuca, Mexico-Querétaro, Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo and Querétaro-Irapuato. Military engineers are advancing in the integration of the cargo service for the main cities that the Mayan Train runs through, in order to streamline the movement of goods in the Yucatan peninsula. Next year, the construction of this infrastructure begins in Cancún, Progreso, Poxilá and Palenque. Lajous Loaeza stated that 157 billion pesos will be invested in 2025 for train projects. The Ministry of National Defense is rehabilitating 17 sections of federal highways affected during the construction of the Mayan Train. The Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation, Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina, explained that the Bachetón program has repaved more than 11,000 potholes, equivalent to 1,912 kilometers of federal highways. The “Women in History” section highlighted the journalist, writer, educator and ideologue Dolores Jiménez y Muro; her contribution during the revolutionary movement includes proposals and activism to improve the living conditions of the population and indigenous communities, support for the anti-reelection struggle and for women’s equality. Dolores Jiménez participated in the Zapatista movement as a spy, arms smuggler and confidential agent of Emiliano Zapata himself.