Banobras receives the 2026 ALIDE Award for the #BanobrasHoy platform

•  The award was granted in the “Management and Technological Modernization” category”

•  The innovative platform, designed and developed by BANOBRAS, is a tool for disseminating information on the Bank’s financing activities and their social impact

•  The platform integrates and presents information on financing granted from 2018 to date and allows users to conduct interactive searches by portfolio, geographic location, and sector.

Source: ALIDE

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2,377 km of railways will be built during this administration

President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo stated that honesty delivers results and therefore highlighted that, during her administration, at least 2,377 kilometers (km) of public railways will be built.
The Head of the Federal Executive Branch noted that, in addition to the construction of the railways, efforts are also underway to improve connectivity to them, meaning the development of roads and public transportation systems that benefit surrounding communities.
During the press conference, updates were presented on the Mexico City–Pachuca, Mexico City–Querétaro, Querétaro–Irapuato, and Saltillo–Nuevo Laredo railway projects, as well as on the Irapuato–Guadalajara, Querétaro–San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí–Saltillo, and Mazatlán–Los Mochis segments.

Source: Presidency of the Republic

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9,139 new hospital beds will be built by September 2030

President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo highlighted that, through the National Hospital Infrastructure Plan, 9,139 new hospital beds will be built by September 2030 with an investment of 181 billion MXN, which, together with the 7,404 beds created during the administration of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, will result in a total of 16,543 new hospital beds created under the Fourth Transformation to serve the population.

Source: Presidency of the Republic

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Mechanism for Electricity Generation and Storage Permits

With the purpose of establishing a specific, orderly, and priority mechanism for the receipt, evaluation, and resolution of applications for electricity generation and storage permits aligned with binding planning, as well as for the processing of the studies required for their integration into the National Electric System, submitted by private parties and to be carried out jointly with the state-owned public company, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), or jointly, the CALL FOR PROPOSALS for the Processing of Strategic Electricity Generation and Storage Projects aligned with binding planning is hereby issued.

Source: Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF)

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The Largest Hospital in Southeastern Mexico and Central America Inaugurated

  • It will provide access to healthcare for 1.2 million people without social security coverage.
  • It has the capacity to perform 1,400 surgeries per month and more than 1,000 consultations per day; it includes 43 specialties, more than 650 beds, and 16 operating rooms.
  • It involved an investment of 5 billion MXN and adds to the 181 billion MXN investment allocated to 29 new hospitals inaugurated since October 2024.

Source: Presidency of the Republic

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S&P Affirms Mexico’s Credit Rating

  • S&P Global Ratings affirmed Mexico’s long-term foreign currency sovereign debt rating at BBB, thereby maintaining the country’s investment-grade status.
  • The agency highlighted the strength of Mexico’s macroeconomic and institutional framework, political stability, flexible exchange rate regime, the autonomy and credibility of the central bank, as well as sustained access to international capital markets.
  • Mexico maintains investment-grade status with the eight agencies that assess its sovereign debt, reflecting confidence in the responsible management of economic policy and the sustainability of public finances.

Source: Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)

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Ministry of Energy (SENER) presents instruments to promote investment in electricity generation

Before representatives of institutions from the energy and financial sectors, as well as business organizations, chambers, and associations, the Minister of Energy, Luz Elena González Escobar, presented three instruments that will facilitate investment in the electricity sector in line with the Plan for the Strengthening and Expansion of the National Electric System 2025–2030.

Luz Elena González explained that the Plan as a whole integrates the actions and projects being carried out by the Government of Mexico to ensure the reliability of the National Electric System and represents a total investment of nearly 740 billion MXN, along with the addition of 32 GW of electricity generation capacity..

Source: SENER

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IMSS General Hospital Zone No. 15 inaugurated in Hermosillo, Sonora

The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, inaugurated the General Hospital Zone (HGZ) No. 15 “Dr. Ernesto Ramos Bours” of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Hermosillo, Sonora, which involved an investment of 1.0294 billion MXN for the benefit of 122,578 beneficiaries.

HGZ No. 15 has a workforce of 1,135 healthcare professionals, including 203 physicians, 314 nurses, and 618 personnel in other categories. The hospital also includes 134 beds—90 inpatient beds and 44 non-inpatient beds—along with 10 specialty consultation rooms and 5 operating rooms plus 1 emergency operating room. It provides medical services across 28 specialties.

Source: Presidency of the Republic | Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS)

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IMSS HGZ No. 15

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Gas Pipeline Plan with an Investment of More than 140 billion MXN by 2030

  • Of the more than 140 billion MXN, 101.259 billion MXN will be allocated to infrastructure projects and 39.646 billion MXN to maintenance of the national pipeline network.
  • Of the total investment, 53 billion MXN correspond to the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and 87 billion MXN to the National Center for Natural Gas Control (CENAGAS).
  • The investment will supply natural gas to the 13 new CFE power plants and the Development Hubs for Wellbeing (PODECOBI), while also modernizing gas pipelines and other infrastructure.

The Minister of Energy, Luz Elena González Escobar, explained that Mexico currently has 21,149 kilometers (km) of gas pipelines, of which 10,087 km are operated by CENAGAS, 7,666 km by CFE, and 3,396 km by Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and private operators.
Source: Presidency of the Republic

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Plan México: Actions to Facilitate and Provide Certainty for Investment

As part of Plan México, the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, signed a series of decrees for the Immediate Authorization of Investments; the creation of the Single Window for Foreign Trade Procedures; the simplification of procedures before the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS); and measures to promote productive investment and tax compliance. These actions aim to ensure—through a long-term, sovereign economic strategy—decent and fair employment, the wellbeing of Mexican families, and Shared Prosperity.

Source: Presidency of the Republic

DECREE on the Immediate Authorization of Investments.

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