Bottom Line Up Front
Today’s verdict: Saturday is a day of release — Brazil open their World Cup against Morocco tonight just as São João peaks, Peru’s marathon count finishes in a near-tie now bound for the courts, and Mexico City’s teachers begin folding up the camp that shadowed the tournament’s first week.
Brazil — the Seleção kick off. Brazil v Morocco starts at 6:00 p.m. Eastern at MetLife Stadium, Ancelotti’s first World Cup match in charge. It lands in the middle of the São João weekend, with Rio’s free Arena Copacabana fan zone and screens across São Paulo carrying the game.
Peru — the count is done, the fight moves to court. All 92,766 tally sheets are in, with Keiko Fujimori on about 50.01% to Roberto Sánchez’s 49.99% — roughly 4,000 votes. On Friday judges threw out Sánchez’s bid to void some 2,400 polling stations, leaving 1,556 contested actas still to rule.
Mexico City — the camp comes down. A day after the opener, the teachers began dismantling parts of their Centro Histórico encampment, with Tacuba, Donceles and República de Brasil partly cleared. The World Cup-week flashpoint is easing, though the strike and its pension demand are unresolved.
