President Enrique Pena Nieto Committed to Fighting Poverty in Mexico The News
go to original January 14, 2013

President Enrique Peña Nieto said late last week that his administration is committed to fighting problems of marginalization, poverty and social inequality in Mexico.

“We want to fight poverty and inequality, we want Mexicans to find opportunities that allow them to grow as individuals,” Peña Nieto said on a tour of Atitanac, Zacatecas, adding that economic growth will be key in overcoming these challenges.

Peña Nieto told a crowd of female heads of household that his last trip to Atitanac, when he filmed a promotional video for his presidential campaign, inspired three proposals to address poverty.

“One is the National Crusade Against Hunger, to be announced soon, which will unite public and private sector efforts to fight poverty.”

The second, he said, is supporting adults 65 and older with pensions.

The third is creating a life-insurance program for female heads of household, which Peña Nieto said would provide them with the security of knowing that if they die, their children will be taken care of.

These three projects have already been approved and the funding has been allocated, he said, adding that poverty reduction is the most important of the five pillars of his administration’s plan for transforming Mexico.

The head of the Social Development Secretariat (Sedesol), Rosario Robles, joined Peña Nieto at the event.

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