闘牛再開へ 最高裁判断受け メキシコ首都

【メキシコ市ＡＦＰ＝時事】メキシコの首都メキシコ市で２８日、１年以上閉鎖されていた世界最大規模の闘牛場が再開する。闘牛場が１１日、発表した。
　収容人数５万人のプラサ・デ・トロスは、数世紀にわたって闘牛の殿堂とされてきた。だが２０２２年６月、動物愛護活動家らが起こした訴訟によって、裁判所は闘牛の無期限停止を命じた。（写真は資料写真）
　しかし最高裁は先月、この判決を無効とする判断を下した。
　闘牛再開を発表したプラサ・デ・トロスのマリオ・ズライカ闘牛場長は、休止期間中、「多くの人々が憲法にうたわれている職業選択の自由や文化的生活といった基本的権利を行使できなかった」と述べた。
　最高裁の決定を受け、アンドレス・マヌエル・ロペスオブラドール大統領はメキシコ市での闘牛の将来について住民投票を提案した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/01/12-17:49）

Bullfighting will make a comeback in Mexico City this month after a legal tussle led to a more than one-year suspension at the world's largest bullring, organizers announced Thursday.
Mexico, and in particular the 50,000-capacity Plaza de Toros in the capital, has long been a bastion of bullfights.
But in June 2022, a judge ordered the indefinite suspension of the centuries-old practice in Mexico City, agreeing with animal rights activists who had filed suit.
Last month the Supreme Court revoked the decision, although according to Mexican media the judges only ruled on technical aspects and have yet to decide on the case's merits.
On January 28, matadors in Mexico City will resume the tradition brought by Spanish conquistadors five centuries ago, Plaza de Toros director Mario Zulaica announced at a news conference.
During the suspension, thousands of people could not freely exercise their profession, a fundamental right enshrined in our constitution. Thousands of people were unable to enjoy their right to culture, he said.
Following the Supreme Court decision, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador proposed a referendum on the future of bullfighting in Mexico City.
So far, only a handful of Mexico's 32 states have banned the practice, which in 2018 generated an estimated $343 million in revenue and employed around 80,000 people.