President Andrés Manuel López Obrador swept into office nearly six years ago with a simple motto laying out his administration’s priorities: “For the good of all, first the poor.”.
FILE - People gather in the Zocalo to celebrate Mexico's newly sworn-in president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , in Mexico City, Dec. 1, 2018. Lopez Obrador swept into office with the motto laying out his administrations priorities: For the good of all, first the poor. swept into office nearly six years ago with a simple motto laying out his administration’s priorities: “For the good of all, first the poor.
Combined with the elimination of predecessors’ more targeted programs that had focused on Mexico’s most in need, experts say the pension dramatically shifted the distribution of government funds. Now the $362 he receives from his universal pension every two months and some money he gets renting out a storage space in his home to street vendors are his only sources of income.
Targeted social programs like Prospera attempt to be more precise in steering public funds to specific segments of the population. For that reason they tend to be less expensive than universal programs. Herrera said he and his mother had driven by in February when the last pension deposit was made and saw the line stretching down the street. But unlike many seniors who live payment to payment, Herrera said his mother didn’t need the money, so they left.
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