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.
News Briefs
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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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BYD Drops Mexico Plant
BYD’s Executive Vice President made the announcement in Brazil just before the start of the 17th BRICS Summit, which Mexico will attend as an observer, without the presence of President Sheinbaum, who had attended the June G7 summit.
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MUBI Festival Canceled After Controversy Over Ties to Israeli Occupation
MUBI received a $100 million growth investment from Sequoia Capital, a US venture capital fund with a strong presence in israel’s military-tech sector.
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Mexico to Host 9th Continental Solidarity with Cuba Meeting
“We must aim for the Meeting to be a real contribution to confronting the current counterrevolutionary offensive of US imperialism, in pursuit of the broadest possible unity of leftist forces in the region, strengthening militant solidarity for Cuba and for the just causes defended by our peoples”
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Clicks July 1
Our weekly press roundup of Mexican political stories, including Canadian mining corporate union-busting, US imperialism, US expanding military zones on Mexican border, monehy laundering allegations, Ricardo Salinas and Russia offers LNG deal.
