Levka<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MexicoCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MexicoCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a></p><p>Hundreds of protesters marched through the Mexican capital on Friday denouncing gentrification caused by foreigners, with some vandalizing businesses and shouting ‘gringos out!’</p><p>The demonstration in the capital’s central area turned violent when hooded individuals smashed windows, damaged restaurant furniture and looted a clothing store.</p><p>Mexico City’s government secretary Cesar Cravioto said 15 businesses and public facilities were damaged in what he called ‘xenophobic expressions’ similar to what Mexican migrants have suffered in other countries.</p><p>‘We are a city of open arms… there are always ways to negotiate, to sit at the table,’ Cravioto told Milenio television.</p><p>Neighbourhoods like Roma-Condesa have since 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, seen an influx of foreigners, mostly young Americans working remotely and attracted by lower living costs.</p><p>Their arrival has driven up rent prices considerably, forcing Mexican residents to move to more affordable areas.</p><p>‘Housing is a right, not a commodity,’ read placards carried by the mostly young protesters.</p><p>As they passed street-side restaurants, some demonstrators heckled American diners, who either ignored them or left, AFP witnessed.</p><p>‘Mexico for Mexicans,’ ‘Pay taxes, learn Spanish, respect my culture,’ and ‘gringo go home’ were among other protest slogans.</p><p>Roma-Condesa, a bohemian sector of the Mexican capital, has been particularly affected by gentrification. While previous demonstrations against the phenomenon have occurred in Mexico City, this was the largest protest so far."</p><p><a href="https://www.newagebd.net/post/north-america/269209/mexico-city-protests-rising-rents-amid-foreign-influx" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newagebd.net/post/north-americ</span><span class="invisible">a/269209/mexico-city-protests-rising-rents-amid-foreign-influx</span></a></p>