Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Boon or threat? Mexico City wrestles with influx of remote U.S. workers

MEXICO CITY, Sept 13 (Reuters) - In a trendy part of Mexico City, in a park surrounded by hipster coffeeshops and restaurants, stands a figure dressed in white with hands in prayer like a Catholic statuette: the so-called patron saint against gentrification.

Sandra Valenzuela, a Mexican activist, created the statue to rally neighbors against what she regards as a rising threat to her community and others in the Mexican capital.

A wave of international visitors predominantly from the United States has poured into Mexico City's cafes, parks and AirBnbs as they work untethered from . . .

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