AMLO Recovered From COVID-19 / Miguel Díaz-Canel

AMLO Back At His Morning Conference. After testing positive for COVID-19 for the third time, President López Obrador said that his medical treatment has ended. "I came out well, already negative."

After returning to his morning conference and being absent from his public activities for four days, the head of the Executive branch thanked the population for their support while he was away. He also said that he will rest and for now will not go on tour. Instead, he will use the time to attend pending meetings. 

AMLO Congratulates Miguel Díaz Canel. López Obrador congratulated Miguel Díaz-Canel on his reelection as President of Cuba. On April 19, Cuban legislators elected Díaz-Canel, First Secretary, Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), as president for a second and final term of five years. The 62-year-old Cuban politician received 97.66% of the votes from the legislators during the constitution session of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), the country's top legislative body.

The Mexican president joined other governments that have congratulated Díaz-Canel, including Nicaragua, Venezuela and the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA). In addition, López Obrador thanked Cuba for sending doctors to Mexico, an agreement that he finalized during his trip to Havana in May 2022.

AMLO Recommends to Terminate INAI. President López Obrador recommended to legislators to dissolve the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection (INAI) so it can become part of the Superior Audit of the Federation (ASF). The president said this measure would guarantee citizens' access to public information, in addition to saving MX$1 billion (US$55.5 million).

On Thursday, the Mexican Senate interrupted its last session of the ordinary period amid tugs-of-war, outbursts, slaps and blows, due to the lack of agreements between opposition blocks in Congress. On one hand, the opposition block said that agreements had been broken to appoint a member of INAI, necessary to have a legal quorum and be able to hold sessions, thus denying their cooperation in the priority agenda. Meanwhile, the ruling party MORENA and its allies, the Labor Party (PT) and the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM), argued that the appointments were not a priority. Moreover, they did not reach the required approval. All three parties demanded that the session be resumed to approve 18 priority topics.

Previously, the leader of the Political Coordination Board (Jucopo) of the Mexican Senate and coordinator of the parliamentary majority, Ricardo Monreal, had announced that an agreement had been reached to bring the appointment to a vote before the plenary. However, when the vote was taken, the votes required for the appointment were not reached, causing the opposition to take over the legislative chamber's podium to stop the last session of the ordinary period, forcing an indefinite recess.