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Our colleague, Charlie Montero, visited a museum during the 2026 World Cup and offers us an analysis of the connection between politics and sports.

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00:00Charlie has the chance to walk here in Mexico to a museum.
00:04It's about sport washing, and it gives you an idea.
00:07All those dirty things that are going around when you select a country
00:11and when you choose some team to play against another team.
00:16Let's see what Charlie found in that museum.
00:20As millions of fans are following the World Cup,
00:22an exhibition in Mexico City invites visitors to look beyond the goals in the trophies.
00:29Inside, visitors are taking through some of the biggest sporting events in modern history,
00:35from the World Cup to the Olympic Games, and ask to look at them from a different angle.
00:40Because sometimes, these tournaments are not only about sports.
00:44They can also be used to project power, build an image, or tell a certain story to the rest of
00:51the world.
00:52The exhibition examines a concept known as sports washing.
00:55The idea that a government or powerful corporation can use football to improve their reputation.
01:02One of the most powerful sections focuses on two events separated by more than four decades,
01:08but connected by similar questions.
01:10An Argentine artist, Adriana Bustos, compares the 1978 World Cup in Argentina,
01:17held during the military dictatorship, with the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, staged under Nazi Germany.
01:25The piece asks viewers to think about how sporting celebrations can exist alongside repression, propaganda, and political violence.
01:34At a time when football has the world's attention, this exhibition offers a different perspective.
01:40Sometimes, the most important stories happen off the pitch.
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