Bottom Line Up Front
Today’s verdict: Monday resets the board — Mexico City’s teachers chose to keep their Zócalo camp for a second World Cup week and escalate, Colombia’s runoff is six days out with the far right surging in the final polls, and the tournament’s Latin American debuts begin with Uruguay tonight.
Mexico City — the teachers dig back in. A weekend assembly voted to keep the indefinite strike and the Centro Histórico camp and to escalate, including taking highway toll booths; President Sheinbaum cancelled a Sunday trip to Zacatecas after protest threats. The assembly meets again tonight.
Colombia — the runoff tilts right. The last legal polls before June 21 put far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella roughly eight points ahead of leftist senator Iván Cepeda, who says he will accept the result but may call peaceful protest. Expect a charged Sunday.
The Cup comes home to the region. Uruguay open against Saudi Arabia in Miami tonight, the first of a week of Latin American debuts — Argentina on Tuesday, Colombia at the Estadio Azteca on Wednesday, Mexico on Thursday and Brazil on Friday.
