Mexico: World Cup and Challenges

FRIDAY, JUNE 19
PROGRAM #11177 12:00 PM PT

Mexico Edition. 

Mexico is hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup amid a climate of global political conflicts, political pressure and travel warnings from the United States, and internal social tensions. How is the country responding to these challenges? Meanwhile, Mexico is on the verge of launching the supercomputer “Coatlicue,” billed as “the largest technological development in Latin America.” Analysts examine these and other topics.

Guests: Dr. Almicar Meneses, researcher and professor, Department of Computer Science, Center for Research and Advanced Studies-CINVESTAV, Mexico City, MX; Raúl Romero Gallardo, sociologist, professor, and researcher, Institute for Social Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico-UNAM, Mexico City, MX; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.

Photo: Eneas De Troya/Flickr

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