CITY OF MEXICOA demonstration by hundreds of people against the mass tourism and gentrification that began peacefully on April 1st in tourist neighborhoods of Ciudad de México descended into violence when a small group of people destroyed escapees and accosted strangers.
In the neighborhoods of Condesa and Roma, armed protesters broke into shops and snatched luxury goods from tourists. “Fuera de M xico” is a graffiti depicting rotted videos that included piedras. Infractions included the following: gringos, who deprive us of our homes, and the need for laws to regularly raise tourism and living standards.
Later, they demonstrated in front of the US embajada and gathered in the metro to pick up consignments. Police forces gathered in front of the embajada while police sirens sounded throughout the night in the city center.
Marc provides a dramatic conclusion to a peaceful march throughout the day, in which the large number of American tourists who have overrun Mexico’s capital in recent years are denounced.
Tension had been rising in the city when “n madas digitales” from the United States visited Mexico City in 2020, mainly to escape the coronavirus confinement in the United States or to take advantage of the city’s most economical resources in Latin America.
Alquileres have now been dispersed, and locals have been displaced more frequently from their neighborhoods, especially in areas like Condesa and Roma, which are surrounded by cafes and restaurants.
Among the crowds protesting was Michelle Castro, a 19-year-old university student. She lives in a worker’s class neighborhood in the city center, and she has been there for a long time, as the popular tourist attractions have been turned into tourist attractions.
The city of Mexico is undergoing a negative transformation, as said. Many foreigners, mostly from the United States, are coming to live here. Many people think it’s xenophobia, but it’s not because the issue with so many foreigners here is that everything is centered around the rent, including Airbnb. For good reason, this is where the rent is higher than what the people here can afford.
Similar demonstrations against mass tourism have taken place in European cities like Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, and Rome.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor using a tool for artificial intelligence generation.
