The broken glass had been swept away and, of the furious graffiti, only a faint pink stain remained on the walls outside the Starbucks — but the damage had been done.
Days earlier a mix of Mexicans and foreigners were sipping flat whites in this trendy Mexico City neighbourhood last Friday when an anti-gentrification protest descended on them.
The Starbucks customers hit the floor as a group of the protesters turned violent, throwing chairs, smashing windows and looting snacks to toss into the crowd, where people brandished signs reading “Expat = gentrifier” and “Gentrification is colonisation!”
