Sheinbaum condemns xenophobia, promises action against gentrification: Monday’s mañanera recapped

At her Monday greeting property conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum offered an sentiment connected Friday’s protestation successful Mexico City against gentrification.

She besides weighed successful connected the contented of gentrification itself.

Among different issues, Sheinbaum announced that the bid enactment betwixt cardinal Mexico City and the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) successful México authorities won’t unfastened arsenic soon arsenic expected.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s July 7 mañanera.

Sheinbaum denounces xenophobia successful CDMX anti-gentrification protest 

A newsman asked the president astir the protestation successful Mexico City connected Friday against gentrification. Organized nether the slogan “Gentrification is not progress, it’s dispossession,” the protestation included expressions of choler and contempt directed astatine U.S. citizens who person moved into Mexico City neighborhoods specified arsenic Condesa and Roma successful ample numbers successful caller years and frankincense contributed to an summation successful rents.

Sheinbaum — who arsenic politician of Mexico City entered into a concern with Airbnb and UNESCO to beforehand the superior to integer nomads — took umbrage astatine the “xenophobic displays” during Friday’s protestation and called connected “all Mexicans” to cull discrimination.

Condena la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum manifestaciones xenofóbicas en la Condesa, “nosotros somos un país abierto al mundo”. Añade que se debe dar un proceso de inclusión en la CDMX ante la gentrificación. pic.twitter.com/Bw1tbhsFy2

— JorgeArmandoRocha (@JorgeArmandoR_) July 7, 2025

“No to discrimination, nary to racism, nary to classism, nary to xenophobia, nary to machismo,” she said.

“… All quality beings are equal, and we cannot dainty anyone arsenic less,” Sheinbaum said.

“The xenophobic displays successful that protestation indispensable beryllium condemned,” she added.

Sheinbaum declared that it is ne'er good to telephone for radical of “any nationality” to permission Mexico, adjacent erstwhile protesters person a “legitimate” demand, arsenic she said is the lawsuit with the combat against gentrification.

She pointed retired that Mexico has a affluent past of welcoming radical from astir the world.

“Mexico has ever been supportive and fraternal. In the 20th century, we welcomed the Spanish Republicans and radical from the confederate cone of South America owed to the coups,” Sheinbaum said.

“We’ve welcomed Guatemalans, who owed to unit and favoritism person arrived to our country. Mexico is simply a state that is unfastened to the satellite and isn’t discriminatory. So the xenophobic attitudes can’t beryllium justified,” she said.

Gentrification is ‘an contented of existent property speculation,’ says Sheinbaum 

Sheinbaum said that gentrification is, “in reality, an contented of existent property speculation, chiefly stemming from the rental of apartments done integer platforms for tourism oregon for radical who travel to unrecorded successful Mexico for 3, 4, oregon 5 months.”

“It was a improvement that occurred aft the pandemic [with] the alleged integer nomads,” she said.

“A batch of radical from different countries of the satellite who proceed moving remotely, galore of them from the United States, travel to Mexico due to the fact that Mexico is simply a marvelous state and Mexico City is simply a precise beauteous metropolis wherever a batch of radical privation to live,” Sheinbaum said.

“They travel to Mexico to enactment for a while,” she said.

“The radical who travel to Mexico person to respect our laws. Likewise, they can’t person a discriminatory attitude, particularly toward the radical who are opening their arms to them,” Sheinbaum said.

In 2022, Sheinbaum, past the politician of Mexico City, promoted Airbnb arsenic a mode to marque Mexico City much charismatic to integer nomads, peculiarly those from the United States. “We person nary [knowledge] that … [higher rents] are associated with Airbnb,” Sheinbaum said astatine the time.

CDMX partners with Airbnb, UNESCO, to beforehand the superior arsenic a hub for distant workers

The president said connected Monday that the national authorities volition enactment with the Mexico City authorities to “seek mechanisms of regulation” truthful that the outgo of surviving successful neighborhoods specified arsenic Condesa and Roma doesn’t proceed to spell up and unit much semipermanent residents to relocate.

“In effect, peculiarly successful Condesa and Roma, determination is simply a batch of existent property speculation owed to Airbnb rentals and each these integer platforms that rent spaces. I accidental this brand, but determination are galore different platforms,” Sheinbaum said.

This “real property speculation” cannot beryllium allowed to summation the outgo of surviving successful Mexico City and consequently origin gentrification, “which is to expel radical who person lived [in these neighborhoods] for years and years,” she said.

“… There has to beryllium inclusion, always. It’s not tolerance, it’s inclusion — we’re an inclusive society,” Sheinbaum said.

Opening of bid enactment to AIFA delayed 

A newsman noted that Sheinbaum said successful February that the bid enactment connecting cardinal Mexico City to the Felipe Ángeles International Airport in México authorities would unfastened successful July. She asked the president whether the inauguration of the railroad — an hold of the Mexico City suburban obstruction strategy — would instrumentality spot soon.

“There was a occupation with respective communities,” Sheinbaum responded.

She said that the task is “advancing” and that the “problem” with communities successful México authorities has been resolved. However, Sheinbaum besides said that talks betwixt authorities and members of the communities done which the caller railroad runs are ongoing.

She said that immoderate radical accidental they weren’t “supported” erstwhile an “original” bid enactment was built done their communities. They are asking for “social support,” the president said.

Once the bid is complete, travelers departing from Mexico City’s Buenavista presumption volition beryllium capable to scope the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) successful México authorities successful astir 40 minutes. (Andrea Murcia/Cuartoscuro)

“… There are others who accidental their homes were damaged. A reappraisal of homes is being carried out,” Sheinbaum said.

“So everything is being attended to and [the close of way] is present practically freed,” she said.

Sheinbaum said that a caller opening day for the long-awaited railroad to AIFA volition beryllium announced soon.

She noted that the AIFA-Pachuca bid enactment volition unfastened sometime aft the inauguration of the railroad betwixt Buenavista, located successful cardinal Mexico City, and the three-year-old airport.

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])