Overview
- In a videomessage, President Claudia Sheinbaum reported that 2025 programs covered 32 million families and are now constitutional rights, citing three additions: a pension for women 60–64, the Rita Cetina universal secondary scholarship, and Salud Casa por Casa home visits.
- Carlos Torres, who coordinates the Bienestar portfolio, said the 2026 rollout will add 10 million people for a total of about 42.9 million beneficiaries funded by a social investment slightly above one trillion pesos.
- Welfare Secretary Ariadna Montiel announced that January disbursements began for four programs, with 99.3 billion pesos set for the first two months to reach 18.2 million people and a plan to serve 20.3 million this year with 663.7 billion pesos across those lines.
- Education officials outlined a major 2026 scholarships expansion to 22.8 million students, including extending Rita Cetina to all grades of public primary school with an additional annual 2,500 pesos for supplies and uniforms.
- Government-reported 2025 outcomes included a 37% drop in intentional homicides from September 2024 to December 2025, record IMSS formal employment at 22.8 million, the opening of 25 hospitals and 14 health centers, teacher pay increases, elimination of the COMIPEMS exam, and starts on rail and energy projects.