▁the ▁pay ments ▁of ▁the ▁foreign ▁deb t ). ▁The ▁government ' s ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁earth qu ake ▁was ▁widely ▁critic ized ▁at ▁various ▁levels ▁of ▁Mexican ▁society , ▁being ▁seen ▁as ▁both ▁author itar ian ▁and ▁in comp et ent . ▁As ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁col lapsed ▁buildings ▁were ▁of ▁recent ▁construction ▁and ▁public ▁works ▁projects , ▁the ▁government ▁was ▁seen ▁at ▁fault ▁due ▁to ▁mis management ▁and ▁cor ruption ▁in ▁these ▁constru ctions . ▁The ▁government ▁itself ▁realized ▁that ▁it ▁could ▁not ▁handle ▁the ▁crisis ▁alone ▁through ▁already - est ab lished ▁institutions ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁open ▁the ▁process ▁up ▁to ▁" opp osition ▁groups ". ▁▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁World ▁Cup ▁ ▁During ▁his ▁administration , ▁Mexico ▁hosted ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁FIFA ▁World ▁Cup . ▁There ▁were ▁some ▁protest s ▁against ▁the ▁tournament , ▁as ▁Mexico ▁was ▁going ▁through ▁an ▁economic ▁crisis ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁and ▁the ▁country ▁was ▁still ▁recover ing ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁earth qu ake , ▁therefore ▁the ▁World ▁Cup ▁was ▁considered ▁by ▁many ▁as ▁a ▁lav ish ▁and ▁unnecessary ▁exp ense . ▁During ▁the ▁World ▁Cup ' s ▁inaug uration ▁at ▁the ▁Estad io ▁Az te ca ▁on ▁May ▁ 3 1 , ▁De ▁la ▁Madrid ▁was ▁bo o ed ▁by ▁a ▁crowd ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁while ▁trying ▁to ▁give ▁a ▁speech , ▁apparently ▁in ▁protest ▁over ▁his ▁administration ' s ▁poor ▁reaction ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁earth