{"id":2301,"date":"2025-07-12T14:39:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T14:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/?p=2301"},"modified":"2025-07-12T14:39:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T14:39:55","slug":"gringo-go-home-mexico-city-protests-target-americans-gentrification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/2025\/07\/12\/gringo-go-home-mexico-city-protests-target-americans-gentrification\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Gringo go home.\u2019 Mexico City protests target Americans, gentrification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Marchers carried signs reading \u201cgringo go home\u201d and \u201cto gentrify is to erase memories.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">A flood of American and European arrivals since the pandemic has transformed many Mexico City neighborhoods, causing rents to soar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">President Claudia Sheinbaum denounced the nativist tone of the protests. \u201cXenophobic displays of this kind must be condemned,\u201d she said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/7c7e3b1\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/7350x4900+0+0\/resize\/1200x800!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8a%2F90%2Fa0b5b0464534afff225c108b6df3%2Fmexico-protest-49128.jpg\" alt=\"A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest against gentrification.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A demonstrator holds a sign that reads in Spanish, \u201cTo gentrify is to erase memories,\u201d during a protest on Friday against gentrification in Mexico City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Jon Orbach \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MEXICO CITY&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Since the early days of the pandemic, foreigners have flooded Mexico City, particularly Americans and Europeans drawn by the cost of living and possibilities of remote work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During that time, several neighborhoods in the city center have transformed, with tortiller\u00edas, corner stores and barber shops replaced by wine bars, cafes and Pilates studios, many of which advertise in English. Rents have soared, and some locals have been priced out of their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some blame the city\u2019s housing crunch and rising costs on the new arrivals \u2014 and the more than 35,000 Airbnbs operating here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A demonstrator holds a sign that reads in Spanish, \u201cTo gentrify is to erase memories,\u201d during a protest on Friday against gentrification in Mexico City. (Jon Orbach \/ Associated Press) MEXICO CITY&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Since the early days of the pandemic, foreigners have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2302,"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2301\/revisions\/2302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}