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- Mexico invites Felipe VI, King of Spain, to the 2026 FIFA World Cup opening match.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the invitation, extended by Gabriela Cuevas, a Mexican official, to nations with diplomatic ties to Mexico.
- Sheinbaum described the king's acknowledgment of Spain's colonial abuses as a conciliatory gesture, though insufficient.
- Sheinbaum had previously not invited King Felipe VI to her 2024 inauguration because he refused to apologize for past wrongs.
