The World Cup comes to a country on the boil
The National Front for the Rescue of the Mexican Countryside and the National Transport Association have just sent a letter to FIFA and the FMF. The message is clear: prepare. The dates of the tournament will intersect with our demonstrations.
“The calendar of events of such an important sporting event will intersect with the demonstrations of agricultural producers, transporters and citizens”
They say it openly. It is unfortunate, they admit, but they cannot silence their despair. The perfect photo of world football will collide with the reality of an abandoned field and roads taken over by crime.
The other side of the coin
Behind the spectacle there is a gasp. They denounce that the economic policies, that NAFTA-TMEC that they sell as progress, have been a disaster. They deepen our food dependence and are erasing the national producer from the map.
But there is something more tangible, more immediate: the fear of traveling on the roads.
“For those of us who are transporters, traveling the roads became a high-risk activity”
They talk about dozens of robberies daily. Of hijacked tractor-trailers. Collections by criminal groups that act with total impunity. The State is conspicuous by its absence in large segments of the territory.
His final warning is chilling. They will be moments of great upheaval. An exposed production without fair prices on the one hand; one scenario of total insecurity for another.
FIFA wanted a festive World Cup. What was found is a wounded country that decides to raise its voice just when all the cameras are pointing this way. The most difficult game could be played outside the stadiums.
