Protests in Mexico City against gentrification escalated, highlighting cultural displacement and resentment towards wealthier residents displacing locals.
Author Amanda Smyth: One evening, my uncle stood up. 'I'm going to the hospital. He'll die tonight.' I said: 'How do you know?' He half smiled. 'I just do.'
The author reflects on her Irish-Trinidadian heritage and the challenges faced by her mother after moving to Ireland.