The World Cup has 500 million reasons to speak Spanish — and still left it out. 🎙️
At this World Cup’s press conferences, Spanish-speaking journalists cannot ask questions in their language. The reason is as simple as it is baffling: the organizers did not hire a remote interpretation service in Spanish. This at the most-watched sporting event on the planet, which moves billions of dollars and is broadcast to more than 200 countries.
Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world by number of native speakers, with more than 500 million people. For the World Cup to ignore it in something as basic as a press conference does not go unnoticed: the post that revealed this situation racked up more than 264 thousand reactions in just two days. 😤🌎