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It didn’t matter to anyone gathered at Plaza Liberación today that they weren’t inside Mexico City Stadium watching the 2026 World Cup’s inaugural match with their own eyes. To the tens of thousands of supporters packed shoulder-to-shoulder beneath Guadalajara’s sky, they had front-row seats to the most beautiful game of their lives. Long before kickoff, the heart of Guadalajara had transformed into a celebration of football and Mexican culture. Members of the World Cup Organizing Committee inspected the Fan Festival facilities at Plaza Liberación in downtown Guadalajara two days before the competition’s inaugural match.(Fernando Carranza García / Cuartoscuro.com) As part of the official FIFA Fan Festival, Plaza Liberación came alive hours before the match began. Musicians performed on stage, traditional dancers entertained crowds gathered throughout the square, and supporters from across Mexico and around the world filled the historic center. Families arrived draped in ...

Peter Davies, MND’s chief writer, is at Mexico City Stadium today for the opening ceremony and first match of the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup. He’ll bring you updates from the stadium throughout the day. Updated at 8:14 a.m. It’s only 8 a.m. but it’s already starting to get warm here. After a lot of recent rain, it’s a clear, sunny morning in Mexico City. The forecast is a high of 24 C, a temperature that could be reached while Mexico and South Africa are on the pitch. A reminder to our readers: Mexico City sits at an altitude of over 2,000 meters. That altitude could also affect players, although El Tri has plenty of experience playing in Mexico City. The South African team has been training in Pachuca, which is also situated more than 2,000 meters above sea level. Updated at 7:50 a.m. It’s not yet 8 a.m. and the atmosphere is already building outside the stadium as Mexican fans arrived dressed for the occasion. There is also a lot of colo...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is not seeking to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the free trade pact that superseded NAFTA in 2020 and is subject to a review process this year. However, he subsequently softened his language, saying that he didn’t know whether he would renew the trilateral trade pact during the formal review talks. In the Oval Office, a reporter asked Trump how confident he was about being able to renew the USMCA, which governs around US $2 trillion in annual trade between the United States, Mexico and Canada. Speaking from the Mexico side, Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Mexico is prepared for the next round of talks starting Monday and will stay all week if necessary, continuing to push for renewal of the agreement and relief from the punitive tariffs that Trump imposed on Mexico. (Galo Cañas/Cuartoscuro.com) “Well, I’m not looking to renew it,” the U.S. president said . “… I mea...

Shortly after declaring himself to be in “ party mode ” for the duration of the World Cup, Nuevo León Governor Samuel García proved that he meant it Sunday by announcing that free beer, soft drinks and carne asada will be offered at the World Cup’s Fan Fest in Monterrey, the state capital. The announcement came during his speech at the Mega Northern Cavalcade, an event billed as a showcase of the traditions and culture of northeastern Mexico for the foreign teams and fans visiting the region for the World Cup.  Que chulada la Selección de Japón con sombrero 🤠🤠🤠 Bienvenidos al Mundial más Norteño NUEVO LEÓN. 🇯🇵🇲🇽🦁⚽️ pic.twitter.com/hKevhhCVsg — Samuel García (@samuel_garcias) June 3, 2026 Since Monterrey was announced as a host city, García has constantly referred to the tournament as “el mundial más norteño” (the most Northern World Cup), referring to his and other northern states’ culture of norteño music, carne asada, horseback riding and a distinctive way of speaking....

Football fans who watch World Cup matches from box seats at the Mexico City stadium face extremely hefty food and beverage bills. Last month, a federal judge granted box owners an injunction against a FIFA prohibition on taking food and beverages into the stadium on World Cup match days. However, another federal judge overrode that injunction, ruling that box owners must respect FIFA rules and therefore cannot take their own food and beverages into the stadium, and cannot park their cars in the stadium precinct. The ruling, which came in response to a challenge filed by stadium owner Ollamani, and which favors FIFA, was published by the federal judiciary on Tuesday, just two days before the World Cup opening ceremony and first match — Mexico vs. South Africa — will take place at Mexico City Stadium. Thus, as the Bloomberg news agency recently reported , box owners have to purchase hospitality packages — including food and beverages — directly from FIFA, which took control of Banor...

Various groups of protesters plan to demonstrate on Thursday outside the Mexico City Stadium, where the opening match of the FIFA men’s World Cup will kick off at 1 p.m. after a star-studded opening ceremony . Among the people who plan to march to the stadium from different points of southern Mexico City are madres buscadoras (mothers searching for their missing children), teachers affiliated with the CNTE teachers’ union, retired Pemex and Federal Electricity Commission workers, transport workers, farmers, healthcare workers and members of anti-gentrification organizations. On Monday, a group of protesters attached a banner to Mexico City’s Angel of Independence criticizing the government’s inaction regarding the more than 130,000 people registered as missing. (Tomás Pérez de la Cruz/Cuartoscuro) They are seeking to pressure authorities to meet their various demands. In the case of CNTE-affiliated teachers, those demands include a 100% pay rise and the repea...