A 2-hour talk with Salma Hayek and a visit from the Honduran president: Monday’s mañanera recapped

Cold weather, an upcoming meeting with a fellow Latin American leader and a meeting with Oscar-nominated Mexican actress Salma Hayek were among the topics President Claudia Sheinbaum addressed at a press conference Monday morning.

Here’s the President’s November 24 recap to persuade,

Freezing temperatures are forecast this week

Asked what his “message” is to Mexico’s northern states when Cold Front No. 16 arrives, Sheinbaum said the government will issue a statement.

“Civil Protection releases it, but we also do it as a precaution, so that people hide it,” he said.

“Through the National Guard and the Ministry of Welfare, we also distribute blankets to the highest, coldest areas,” Sheinbaum said.

In a statement, the federal government warned of temperatures as low as -10 degrees Celsius in mountainous areas of Chihuahua and Durango on Tuesday morning and Thursday morning.

It also said temperatures were expected to drop to -5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday morning in the highlands of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Mexico State, Tlaxcala and Puebla.

The government statement also said heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in parts of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz and Oaxaca on Wednesday.

It advised citizens to adopt various “self-care measures” amid the forecasted low temperatures, including the use of thermal clothing and moving to temporary shelters if their homes are not equipped to “deal with extreme cold”.

Sheinbaum will meet the President of Honduras on Tuesday

Sheinbaum acknowledged that she will meet with Honduran President Xiomara Castro in Mexico City on Tuesday.

Castro, whose four-year term ends in early 2026, arrived in Mexico on Sunday, Sheinbaum said, and will participate in a “formal nation-to-nation visit” on Tuesday.

“Two national anthems will be played at the National Palace,” he said.

“And that will be followed by a series of private meetings with them, further strengthening the good relations with Honduras,” Sheinbaum said.

Asked to elaborate on his upcoming talks with Castro, the president said only that they would discuss “Latin America and the Caribbean issues.”

He added that “Xiomara is about to end her term as president.”

“Ever since I met her, since she came (to Mexico), we’ve become good friends,” Sheinbaum said.

Castro traveled to Mexico City for the presidential inauguration on October 1 last year.

“There is a strong relationship with Honduras in terms of economic activity and many other activities… and we intend to continue those,” Sheinbaum said.

In recent years, Honduras was one of the main source countries for migrants who entered Mexico through its southern border seeking to reach the United States. In an effort to stem migration from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador extended his government’s employment program, Sowing Lives and Youths Building the Future, to the three Central American countries.

Sheinbaum tells about her meeting with Salma Hayek

The day after posting a photo on her Instagram account in which she appears with Salma Hayek, Sheinbaum admitted that she met the Mexican actress in Veracruz, where they attended an event on Sunday to celebrate the bicentennial of Mexico’s “independence at sea”.

“She’s making a movie in Veracruz. Naturally, she’s already met Rocío (Nahle), because she’s the governor (of Veracruz). Rocío said to me, ‘Do you want to meet her?’ …And I said, ‘Yes, absolutely,'” the president said.

Sheinbaum said he and Hayek spoke for about two hours.

“She is a woman who loves Mexico and her state, Veracruz, very much,” he said of the Coatzacoalcos native.

“…The film they made about Frida made Frida Kahlo an icon all over the world. Foreigners no longer come to Mexico to see (the art of) Diego Rivera, but come to see (the art of) Frida Kahlo. That film was very important for that reason,” Sheinbaum said.

She said Hayek talked to her about her film project in Veracruz, but told reporters she could not tell them anything about it because the information was “private.”

Sheinbaum said he hopes the new film, like “Frida,” will showcase Mexico to “the whole world.”

The president also told reporters that he had a very good relationship with Hayek, and said they talked about “creating incentives” so that more Mexican and international films could be made in Mexico.

The film industry “creates a lot of jobs”, Sheinbaum said, before declaring that she would like to see women taking initiative in different fields.

“And, in addition, (Hayek) has greatly defended her compatriots (in the United States), and we thank her very much for that,” she said.

By Mexico News Daily Chief Staff Writer peter davis (peter.davies@mexiconewsdaily.com)





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