Ultra-Right Cuauhtémoc Mayor Skips Council Meetings, Busy With “The Resistance”
Mayor Alessandra Rojo de la Vega prefers making headlines with right wing stunts like illegally removing sculptures of Fidel Castro & Che Guevara.
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Deliberate Neglect, Fabricated Crimes Used to Transfer CDMX Historic Buildings to Speculators
The Forum Against Gentrification warned that the City’s Attorney General is fabricating criminal pretexts to justify evictions which hand over buildings for Airbnb developments, warehouses, and real estate speculation.
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Mexico City’s Mercomuna to Support 335,000 Families This Year
The expanded program replaces the previous subsidized cards, which could only be used at large chains, with vouchers redeemable at public markets and neighbourhood stores.
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“There Will Be No Turning Back” on Social Policy for Women
“In Mexico, we build peace, governance with justice, sustainable development with well-being, humanism, & a gender perspective,” said Rosa Icela Rodríguez, at the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Mexico City Workfare Will Offer Monthly Support to Parents Over 30
The program will be available for residents of neighbourhoods with high incidence of crime, who will be able to access a benefit of 8,500 pesos monthly for a year.
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Airbnb Accused of Meddling in Mexico City Gentrification Debates
A dubious organization with a dubious name, We Are All Hosts, has been participating in the neighbourhood forums.
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Mexico City Government Consultations on Gentrification Begin
The dialogues were announced in the aftermath of recent anti-gentrification protests, and will discuss Clara Brugada’s 14 points to tackle the festering issue in the city.
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CDMX’s Brugada Has 14 Actions to Fight Gentrification
The proposals include rent control, public housing, regulating Airbnb and other platforms, and an Ombudsman’s office.
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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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MURDERS SHAKE MEXICO CITY
Ximena Josefina Guzmán Cuevas and Jesús Muñoz Vega, murdered Tuesday morning, were young officials with long careers, public servants in the left-wing Morena administration of Clara Brugada.
