Dissatisfied teachers threaten to block
Photo: Eduardo Verdugo/AP/TT

Dissatisfied teachers threaten to block Estadio Azteca ahead of World Cup opening match

Just days before the start of the World Cup, several thousand protesters blocked access roads to Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The protesters, who are mainly disgruntled teachers, are threatening a similar action ahead of the opening match.

The demonstration on Wednesday night, local time in Sweden, was led by a breakaway group from a teachers' union, which had been protesting for a week for higher salaries and for a pension law to be scrapped.

Thousands of police were in the area around the Azteca Stadium, preventing the peaceful protesters from reaching the stadium. After three hours, the group dispersed, but threatened to block the roads leading to the stadium ahead of Thursday's opening match between Mexico and South Africa.

This year's World Cup is being co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.

In this story
AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
Was this useful?

What do you think?

Keep readingmore from Sports

All