Overview
- The government reported more than 600,000 attendees at Mexico City’s Zócalo for the seventh‑anniversary commemoration of the 4T.
- A youth bloc calling itself “the true Gen Z” marched from the Torre del Caballito carrying a banner that read “Jóvenes somos paz” and stood at the front of the platform.
- Sheinbaum spotlighted youth programs, citing universal scholarships for public high‑school students, about 3.5 million graduates of Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro since 2019, and a target of 350,000 new university places through Benito Juárez and Rosario Castellanos institutions.
- Her speech contrasted current policies with what she described as a neoliberal era marked by contested elections, invoking 1988, 2006 and 2012 as examples.
- Commentary characterized the event as a display of political strength rather than a venue for new policy announcements.