Airbnb-linked Fund Behind Mexico’s Rental Monopoly
Blueground is the largest provider of 30-day minimum stays in Mexico City; like Airbnb, it is funded by WestCap, an investment fund headed by Airbnb’s former CFO.
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CLICKS JULY 6
Our weekly press roundup of Mexican political stories, including the ubiquitious and dismal saga of US-Mexico relations, Mexico City anti-gentrification protests, public-private partnerships in renewables, Heineken to suck Yucatán dry, sanctions on Mexican banks, and Peña Nieto and Israel deal.
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Puerto Vallarta House to House Healthworkers Strike
35 workers from the Mexican government’s new preventative healthcare initiative struck after not receiving any wages for the entire month of June.
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Gringo with Apparent CIA ID and Weapons Arrested in Mexico State
A search of the gringo’s home revealed four pistols, two AR-15s; more than 100 rounds of ammunition, six magazines, and a knife.
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“Your Airbnb was my home!” Anti-Gentrification Protest in Mexico City
A large mobilization against social cleansing began in the heavily gentrified area of Roma Norte.
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Collective Warns About Shady Building in Puerto Escondido
The developer behind the project is GDC, considered to be part of the widely reviled real estate cartel in Mexico City.
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What Pluralism?
Morena must combat a pluralism that is little more than right wing scheming to weaken its popular political program.
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People’s Mañanera July 4
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the pharmaceutical sovereignty, singing competition, increase in tax revenue, judicial reform, community radio, Trump’s prisons, electoral reform, Ovidio Guzmán agreement, Duarte candidacy and protection of minors.
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The 4th Transformation & Rural Mexico
The progress made in rural areas since the first administration of Mexico’s Fourth Transformation has been significant, but much remains to be resolved. In the paths yet to be taken, the voice of rural organizations is fundamental.
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People’s Mañanera July 3
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the pharmaceutical industry, surveillance concerns and organized crime.
