The announcements of new investments that never materialize must end now, and with them, the change or evolution of Plan México.

This column by Miguel Ángel Velázquez originally appeared in the March 31, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper. The views expressed in this article are the authors’ own and do not necessarily reflect those ofMexico Solidarity Mediaor theMexico Solidarity Project*.*

It seems that finally, those in government have realized that for the ambitions of private businesses, a photo op trumps investment, and they never miss events where the important thing is to be in front of the cameras but never with a checkbook in hand.

It is obvious to almost everyone that Plan México, however well designed it may be, suffers from failed leadership that very few respect and almost no one follows, which hinders, or worse, makes impossible the flow of national investments, which is already beginning to be felt in every area of ​​the country and has injected a greater dose of uncertainty to those who do want to invest in Mexico.

But it is now impossible to hide the need to correct the course of the plan that has already broken all records for photographs, on the one hand, and on the other hand, the zero, or almost, investments that have meant that, economically, things are not as good as they should be.

It must be said, Ms. Altagracia, at the head of Plan México, simply doesn’t fit in. She has loyal and powerful friends, as well as her critics, which makes it urgent that this leadership—if we can even call it that—change hands and do more than just schedule the next photo op.

For now, it seems the plan is for there to be no plan. They talk about big investments, but where’s the money, where’s the work? It seems the plan is to show off suits and smiles for the photo op, and then, be completely forgotten. We’ve been at this for almost two years now, during which the checkbooks have languished from boredom.

A few days ago, at the initiative of the general director of the National Institute for Adult Education, Armando Contreras, an important group of businessmen met in a club in this city to launch a project in which the private sector and the government, represented at the event by the Attorney General, Ernestina Godoy, will address economic growth and security.

The project makes sense if, as we said, fewer photos can be taken and more investments made from a security project that offers lower levels of danger for companies and their members.

It is now urgent to take into consideration that, as it stands, Plan México is useless to everyone because there is no investment, and this means fewer jobs, which leads to more candidates joining organized crime groups.

And the issue of national investment is, as we said, yet another concern on President Sheinbaum’s agenda, as if she didn’t have enough on her plate. The announcements of new investments that never materialize must end now, and with them, the change or evolution of Plan México, which, from whatever perspective you look at it, has failed. Let’s hope for a happy ending, not an endless, agonizing death. Beware.

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