Overview
- Javier López Casarín was sworn in Monday as national president of the Association of Local Authorities of Mexico (AALMAC), which represents more than 1,000 municipalities and boroughs.
- He set a management plan built on four axes that target territorial inequality, community safety and peace, digital public services, and environmental sustainability.
- Mexico City’s leader, Clara Brugada, urged mayors to build local public care systems with a feminist approach to ease unpaid care burdens and help more women join the workforce.
- Brugada called for tighter links abroad by inviting municipalities to join United Cities and Local Governments to share know‑how and raise the profile of municipalism on the global stage.
- She also said a major political reform to boost municipal budgets remains pending, while the 30‑year‑old AALMAC stays a hub where local governments coordinate services, prevent violence, and trade solutions.