Mexico City — President Claudia Sheinbaum attended the Street Child World Cup on Thursday, appearing alongside members of the Irish rock band U2 to deliver a message of peace and opportunity for young people.
Sheinbaum posted a video on social media showing her meeting with U2 guitarist The Edge and lead singer Bono, who praised her administration. The Edge said he is a fan, while Bono highlighted Mexico’s universal healthcare and minimum wage increases, adding, “I don’t know how she finds time.”
In her remarks, Sheinbaum emphasized that health, education, and housing are rights, not privileges. “We fight every day so that a girl’s or boy’s dream has no limit but their imagination,” she said. “We want a world where guns don’t sound, but music. Where fear doesn’t lurk, but joy.”
She called for an end to violence: “Let violence be silenced, let music sound, the joy of the people, and also the passionate shout of a goal.”
The Street Child World Cup brings together young people from various countries ahead of the FIFA World Cup, using soccer to promote social inclusion. Sheinbaum welcomed participants, saying, “We receive them in Mexico as we know how, with generosity and open arms. They are accompanied by great ambassadors of this noble cause, the band U2.”
