Mexico President Sheinbaum Says ‘Everything Is Under Control’ Ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026 Opening Ceremony
Sheinbaum said 18 backup venues are ready if teachers block the planned FIFA fan fest in the capital.
- On Thursday, Mexico faces South Africa in the World Cup opener, though protests threaten the official FIFA fan zone at the Zocalo. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated Wednesday that "everything is under control" for the ceremony.
- The CNTE teachers' union has been on strike since last week, demanding pension reform and higher wages, with government estimates suggesting 6,000 members may concentrate in the Zocalo to block the fan fest.
- Nineteen social movements plan further protests near the Estadio Azteca and Zocalo, while family members of disappeared persons also intend to join city-wide demonstrations on Thursday.
- Sheinbaum insisted that "if for some reason it cannot be held on opening day in the Zocalo, there are 18 venues" prepared by the Mexico City Government in advance.
- Mexico co-hosts this tournament with Canada and the United States; President Sheinbaum chose not to attend the opener, donating her ticket to Yolett Cervantes Cuaquehua, a 21-year-old Indigenous woman from Veracruz.
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Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said Thursday that the World Cup’s ‘Fan Fest’ in Zócalo Square in the country’s capital will be “open” to broadcast the opening of the tournament, despite teachers’ protests. “We’re going to try to go to Zócalo depending on how it is,” the situation of the demonstrations, Sheinbaum said at a press conference, whose presence was scheduled in the square for the transmission of the meeting between Mexico and S…
Mexico is once again hosting a World Cup 40 years later, to become the only country to have been World Cup host on three occasions. This time, with the United States and Canada as organizers, amid international tensions and a political climate touched by disenchantment. The football festival in Mexico has been accompanied by several mobilizations of various collectives, such as a union of teachers and relatives of the disappeared, who seek to ma…
Mexico City, 11 Jun (EFE).- The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Thursday that the opening of the FIFA World Cup 2026, which will have as one of its headquarters in Mexico City, will be carried out without setbacks thanks to the coordinated work of the federal and capital governments. "As we said, the World Cup, the opening of the World Cup will be carried out very well without problem. There is the entire team of the city governm…
The federal government assured that the opening of the 2026 Football World Cup and the activities scheduled for this Thursday in Mexico City will take place normally, despite the mobilizations called by social and teachers’ organizations. The Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, said that there are conditions necessary to guarantee the safety of attendees, tourists and participants in the events related to the start of the tournament…
The opening of the World Cup 2026 takes place today. Here we share schedules, accesses, road closures and all the details of the event.
President Claudia Sheinbaum Downplays Protest Concerns Ahead of World Cup Opener in Mexico City
"There is no problem. Everyone with a ticket will be able to get there because there are no classes and no office work. Everything is under control. The only recommendation is to leave earlier," Sheinbaum said.
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