As Foreign Money Gentrifies Mexico’s Capital, Locals Ask: Whose City Is It?

Mexico City Pledges to Fight Gentrification In Protest Aftermath

Mexico City’s government presented a plan to fight gentrification following a recent protest from citizens that accused foreigners moving into the capital of making it more expensive and displacing longtime residents and merchants.

ThePatriotLight - Why Mexicans Are Protesting Mass Immigration – PJ Media

ThePatriotLight - Many Mexicans have similar complaints about American immigrants as Americans do about Mexican immigrants.Earlier this month, a major city saw a xenophobic protest against immigrants. Those gathered hurled ethnic slurs at the foreigners. Someone spray-painted "not your home" on a wall. One sign read, "Respect my culture." Complaints included the influx driving up housing prices and foreigners not speaking the native language. A…

'Feminist Activism Plays a Long Game': Jennifer M. Piscopo on the Lessons the U.S. Can Learn from Mexico

The professor and researcher has watched gender quotas transform the political landscape in Mexico over the last two decades. Here's what she thinks feminists in the U.S. can learn from their example. "There has always been resistance to expanding women's rights—in Mexico, in the U.S., everywhere—whether in politics or different spheres, but we are at this moment where that resistance seems to be having its own moment, and has been able to walk …

As foreign money gentrifies Mexico’s capital, locals ask: Whose city is it?

Gentrification has sparked anger at foreigners in Mexico City, prompting residents and activists to look for creative ways to build an inclusive city.