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Speaking during her daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Sheinbaum accused political opponents of attempting to provoke a government crackdown in order to generate negative international headlines ahead of the tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, she ruled out the use of repressive police measures in response to any demonstrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are groups that want to provoke us, and they are not necessarily teachers. What they want is repression,” Sheinbaum said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We will also ensure that the World Cup opening ceremony proceeds smoothly, peacefully and calmly,” she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexico is one of three host countries for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, alongside the United States and Canada. The country is scheduled to host 13 matches across three cities: Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheinbaum’s comments come after the CNTE warned that it could stage protests if the federal government fails to meet its demands, including higher wages and other labor-related concessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addresses supporters at the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City, Sunday, May 31, 2026, marking two years in power. (AP Photo\/Marco Ugarte)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that her government will ensure a peaceful opening ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World Cup despite the possibility of protests by the National Coordination of Education Workers (CNTE), a major teachers’ union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000115112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000115110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000115112,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/wss1982973-aa-5969489-0c32a.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":600,"height":360,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/wss1982973-aa-5969489-0c32a.jpg","width":600,"height":360},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/wss1982973-aa-5969489-0c32a.jpg","width":600,"height":360},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/wss1982973-aa-5969489-0c32a.jpg","width":600,"height":360},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/wss1982973-aa-5969489-0c32a.jpg","width":600,"height":360},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/wss1982973-aa-5969489-0c32a.jpg","width":600,"height":360}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000115110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000115110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000115110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000115113,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000115110\/revisions\/2000115113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000115112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000115110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000115110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000115110"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000115110"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000115110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}