The World Cup means slashed wages and displacement for some of the Mexico City's poor
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Montserrat Fuentes, left, speaks with a fellow sex worker on Calzada de Tlalpan where she has worked for 20 years and the city is building a bike lane that blocks cars from pulling over and closes the metro at night, in Mexico City, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)Montserrat Fuentes stands on Calzada de Tlalpan where she has worked as a sex worker for 20 years and the city is building a new bike lane ahead of the World Cup soccer tournament, blocking cars from pulling over and closing the metro at night, in Mexico City, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)Montserrat Fuentes, a sex worker, rides the metro to Calzada de Tlalpan, the street in Mexico City where the city is building a bike lane in preparation for the World Cup that blocks cars from pulling over, cutting into the livelihoods of sex workers and street vendors, and closes the metro early, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)Montserrat Fuentes, a sex worker, arrives to Calzada de Tlalpan, the street in Mexico City where she has worked for the last 20 years and the city is building a bike lane in preparation for the World Cup that blocks cars from pulling over and cuts into the livelihoods of sex workers and street vendors, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Montserrat Fuentes, left, speaks with a fellow sex worker on Calzada de Tlalpan where she has worked for 20 years and the city is building a bike lane that blocks cars from pulling over and closes the metro at night, in Mexico City, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)