The most you need it, the least likely that you will get it

I will be in Mexico for a few days. I am going to present a paper about remittance houses in the 53th International Americanists Conference. I am a Spanish citizen. Thanks to my passport I do not need visa to get to Mexico. I will board a flight that will leave me in Mexico in four hours (with midway stop in Panama for price reasons). At the same time, people of my same age in the village I currently live in are risking their lives to get to Mexico. Ecuadorian citizens do need a visa to get to Mexico. As Mexico is acting as the US entrance guard, poor Ecuadorians do not usually get a tourist visa for Mexico. Their journey to the US becomes harder and longer. I cannot help but feel odd. Nonetheless, it is the lucky oddity. Of the person who was born on the right side of the border.