Claudia Sheinbaum's Plan to Rescue State Worker Stores
Mexico's new government unveils ambitious plans: slashing tortilla prices by 10%, reviving ISSSTE stores, pursuing food sovereignty, and addressing rural development. Amidst these initiatives, they also tackle a priest's murder in Chiapas.
Welcome to the People’s Morning, a daily ritual where Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, steps up to the podium and tries to hold the entire country’s attention for a few minutes. Now, it's no easy task holding the nation’s gaze. In fact, with most of the country wondering how they’ll make ends meet while watching the price of everything skyrocket, you'd have to be mad to want that job. But Sheinbaum, to her credit, keeps on going, and this morning she gave us an absolute feast. And, let me tell you, it’s a feast no one saw coming.
The Great Tortilla Price Crisis
It turns out, the first thing on today’s agenda was none other than the humble tortilla. Yes, folks, the flat, delicious, slightly chewy thing that holds a taco together is under fire – or at least its price is. The Sheinbaum administration, with Julio Berdegué Sacristán, head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) leading the charge, wants to reduce the price of tortillas by a whopping 10% during this six-year term.
