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The awkward truth behind Mexico City's 'Anti-gentrification"' protests
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about “gaming the system” in Mexico: that is, taking advantage of the ability to earn in — or draw income from — one economy, and live and spend in another, one with a much lower cost of living. It’s a topic I’ve written about many times before. But this one seemed to strike a nerve. In the comments section, many readers took issue with the phrasing, particularly. I’d sum them up like this: “We learned Spanish, we …
More than a year ago I was collaborating with a colleague who I admire a lot, Pamela Escamilla for Chilango magazine in her special issue on gentrification. It seemed that we spoke in another language just 12 months ago. How does the world change? And today everyone agrees or against gentrification. They break glass or defend them. Leo Zuckermann’s harmless and streetless speech defends the gentrification of the Countess where he lives. Chumel T…
Popular sectors of the Federal District have protested the rise in rents attributed to real estate speculation and digital nomads. On July 26 there will be a new mobilization.
Mexico City.- After the first act of protest held on July 4, neighbors and activists have organized, through social networks, a second march against gentrification in Mexico City, which will take place on Sunday, July 20 at 3 p.m., according to the call that circulates on digital platforms.The mobilization will depart from Fuentes Brontantes and travel through an area impacted by the turistification According to the organizers, the demonstration…
Morenista deputies announced that with the creation of this space they will receive proposals to confront gentrification and identify the necessary answers from the legislative point of view.
The consumption habits of the new generations reveal incongruities and fall into the ridiculous “Ridiculous”, protestors shouted at the influencer Luisito Comunica, during his participation in the march against gentrification in Mexico City. A protestor approached him to confront him, accusing him of not supporting local ventures. Sagaz, the content creator observed that the woman who tried to teach him about the “class struggle” carried a bag o…
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