MEXICO CITY (CN) — One of three Mexican host cities of the FIFA World Cup kicked off festivities on Thursday, a day that loomed on the calendar for many due to demands for government responsibility for an ongoing mass disappearance crisis, narco violence, over-touristification and what unionized teachers see as an unfair retirement plan.
Mexico City has had a particularly tragic past when hosting worldwide sporting events, as evidenced in the Tlatelolco student massacre of 1968 during Mexico’s dirty war when a still-unconfirmed number of students were violently repressed by the Institutional Revolutionary Party while protesting the Olympics. The death toll is estimated to be over 400.
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