Sheinbaum inaugurates LIBRE Center and promises one per municipality

A month of sit-in and a truce of a month and a half

Reynosa teachers temporarily withdrew the protest they held for more than a month at the ISSSTE Hospital facilities. The decision was made after a commission of teachers directly exposed to federal officials the multiple shortcomings affecting health care.

During the meeting in Mexico City, representatives of the teaching profession presented evidence about shortages of medicines, lack of specialists, insufficient supplies, infrastructure problems and an out-of-service operating room. The federal authorities requested a vote of confidence and promised to meet the demands.

José Iram Rodríguez Limón, secretary of Organization II of the SNTE in Reynosa, explained:

“We are going to give them the opportunity to work. They asked us to lift the sit-in and give them a month and a half to begin to resolve the needs. We are not asking for anything extraordinary; we simply demand a decent health service for all beneficiaries.”

The teachers clarified that the withdrawal does not imply that the problems are resolved. The hospital continues to operate with deficiencies: an inactive operating room, absence of a pediatrician on weekends, failures in the air conditioning and persistent shortages. A beneficiary reported that she was informed that a medication was not available, but later learned that it did exist in the hospital, which generates uncertainty.

The teachers rejected that there were political or union interests behind the mobilization. “This fight does not belong to any political party. The only thing we seek is for workers and their families to receive decent medical care,” said Rodríguez Limón.

The period granted is approximately a month and a half to evaluate progress. The teachers warned that if there are no tangible results, they will resume the mobilizations and could intensify them.

Pressure on allies

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged the 32 member countries on Monday to present “clear, concrete and credible” plans to meet the new defense spending target. The annual summit begins this Tuesday in Ankara, Türkiye, in a climate of international tension and pressure from the United States for Europe to assume greater responsibility.

The figures of the agreement

Rutte recalled that the allies agreed to allocate 5% of their Gross Domestic Product to defense: 3.5% for military budgets and 1.5% for strategic infrastructure. Some countries, such as Spain, support the goal but maintain that they can meet security commitments without reaching that level.

Washington’s demands

Pressure from the Trump administration has increased. The president demands to accelerate military spending and expects an immediate commitment. In addition, it promotes the concept of a “NATO 3.0”, where Europe plays a more relevant role while the United States concentrates resources on other priorities.

Senator Olga Patricia Sosa Ruíz called on the Morena militancy in Abasolo to close ranks and avoid internal divisions. It was during an assembly for the defense of national sovereignty.

Accompanied by Mayor Yazmin Saldaña, the president of the Morena Tamaulipas Political Council, Rómulo Pérez, representative Silvia Chávez Garay and the COTS coordinator, Silvia Burgos, the legislator addressed about 500 people gathered in the main square.

“Sovereignty is not auctioned or sold,” said the representative of Tamaulipas in the Senate.

Sosa Ruíz highlighted the Senate’s support for President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has faced interference attempts from abroad.

“We are millions of patriotic women and men, who are convinced of working with the people, serving with humility, honesty, respect and love to the people of Tamaulipas and Mexico,” he argued.

The senator, Abasolo’s first Morenista, highlighted the importance of touring the territory to spread the message of well-being and defense of sovereignty. He assured that the governments of the Fourth Transformation are giving results both in Tamaulipas, under the leadership of Governor Américo Villarreal Anaya, and at the federal level with President Claudia Sheinbaum.