"MEXICO CITY - The first of several protests against gentrification in Mexico City, held on July 4, 2025, left graffiti on the walls of the Roma Norte neighborhood with strong messages: "Kill Gringos," "Learn Spanish, you dog," "Out with the colonizers," "Death to Airbnb," "White people: your privilege rests on our labor and dispossession.""
"That day, two "anti-gentrification" rallies took place simultaneously in the Roma Norte and Condesa neighborhoods. Both areas are part of a vibrant social corridor that is now the epicenter in Mexico City for digital nomadism and short-term rentals through platforms like Airbnb. Roma Norte is the most gentrified neighborhood in the capital, according to the Airbnb Expansion Map for Mexico City, a digital interactive tool created by architect Jero Monroy showing the growth of properties listed on Airbnb."
"On Orizaba Street, the outdoor furniture of the upscale restaurant Sartoria was destroyed. "About 200 people arrived, and 20 or 30 of them started vandalizing the patio, breaking chairs, tables, furniture, and dishes," one of the restaurant's employees told palabra, requesting anonymity for fear of reprisals. The employee said they witnessed a foreigner being attacked. "There was a young man sitting outside, a blond guy, I don't know if he was American or French, but about ten people surrounded him and almost killed him," he said."
Anti-gentrification protests took place on July 4, 2025, in Roma Norte and Condesa, leaving xenophobic graffiti and targeting businesses linked to tourism and foreigners. Protesters cited forced displacement of residents and the closure of small businesses as motives and vandalized and looted shops and restaurants with international or tourist profiles. An upscale restaurant, Sartoria, had its outdoor furniture destroyed and staff reported violent incidents, including an attack on a foreign man. Media and social accounts described the actions as xenophobic and racist, and President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected xenophobic attitudes publicly.
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