🌵 Gringos, get out!

Protests against US immigrants in Mexico city. And the region’s three new UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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Lucas Berti & Ignacio Portes
July 18, 2025

MEXICO

Gentrification sparks protests in Mexico City: ‘Gringos, get out!’

Graffiti reading "Gringo out" during a protest against gentrification in Condesa neighborhood, Mexico City. Photo: Raquel Cunha/Reuters/Folhapress

Graffiti reading "Gringo out" during an anti-gentrification protest in the Mexico City neighborhood of Condesa. Photo: Raquel Cunha/Reuters/Folhapress

A curious twist is taking place in the debate about US-Mexico migration: now, it is Mexicans protesting the presence of US citizens in their country, arguing that their thirst for a cheaper lifestyle is driving up the cost of living in Mexico’s urban centers.

In capital Mexico City, opposition towards foreign-induced gentrification reached a new level last week when a group of protesters destroyed storefronts and vandalized shops, spraying graffiti against “colonizers” and even calling to “kill a gringo” …

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