Mexico City, Mexico — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador dedicated his last Cry of Independence to Mexican workers whom he described as “the best in the world. On Sunday night from the presidential balcony of the National Palace, the President exclaimed the traditional harangue shouting at around 11:00 p.m. Mexicans:
Long live Independence!
Long live Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla!
Long live Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez!
Long live Ignacio Allende!
Long live Leona Vicario!
Long live José María Morelos y Pavón!
Long live Vicente Guerrero!
Long live the anonymous heroines and heroes!
Long live freedom
! Long live equality!
Long live justice!
Long live democracy!
Long live our sovereignty!
Long live universal brotherhood!
Mexicans:
Death to corruption!
Death to greed!
Death to racism! Death
to discrimination!
Long live love!
Long live Mexican workers, who are among the best in the world!
Long live our migrant brothers!
Long live our indigenous peoples!
Long live the cultural greatness of Mexico!
Long live all Mexicans!
Long live the Fourth Transformation!
Long live Mexico!
Long live Mexico!
Long live Mexico!
After the formal ceremony to commemorate the 214th Anniversary of the Cry of Independence, López Obrador, together with wife Dr. Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, watched the city’s drone light show that created the word “Gracias! “
Photo: AMLO September 15, 2024.
Thousands of people gathered in the main Zócalo public square in Mexico City to bid farewell to President López Obrador as he waved the national flag from the balcony for the last time. Mexico City residents then enjoyed hours of various music including the country’s famous mariachi by the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) and the MS Band.
President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo along with the head of government of Mexico City Martí Batres Guadarrama, and members of the Cabinet, accompanied López Obrador during the national celebration.
In Quintana Roo, Governor Mara Lezama celebrated the Grito de Independencia with residents from the state’s capital city of Chetumal. More than 17,000 people gathered in the Chetumal square from where Lezama waved the national flag from the main balcony of the Government Palace.
Governor Mara Lezama, accompanied by her family, military authorities and state and municipal officials, waved the flag and rang the bell with the following speech:
Mexicans, men and women! Quintana Roo people! Long live national independence! Long live the heroes who gave us our homeland and freedom! Long live Miguel Hidalgo! Long live José María Morelos! Long live Vicente Guerrero! Long live Nicolás Bravo! Long live Juan Aldama! Long live Ignacio Allende! Long live Mariano Matamoros! Long live Andrés Quintana Roo! Long live Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez! Long live Leona Vicario! Long live women! Long live humanism with a feminist heart! Long live Quintana Roo! Long live Quintana Roo! Long live Mexico! Long live Mexico! Long live Mexico!
The speech was followed by a light show and the presentation of the K-Paz de la Sierra group. Each mayor from all 11 municipalities in Quintana Roo participated in the annual Grito ceremony, this year, celebrating Mexico’s 214th anniversary of Independence.
