The Patio de la Estrella neighborhood being hailed as a “magical” place in Córdoba, Mexico is a perfect example of “touristification,” where the most vulnerable residents suffer the consequences.
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Doggy business stinking up sidewalks is a very real problem in towns and cities around the world. Different attempts to clean up include raising fines, public leaflets or even a project in Buenos Aires to give green collars to the dogs whose owners scoop their poop. So inevitably it would have to come to this: […]
BOGOTA – Even if the buses in the Colombian capital ran on time, you’d never know. A Bogotá city councilman recently confirmed that hundreds of clocks on its metro-bus network platforms were no longer working. Turns out, most stopped working at least five years ago – and counting! Councilman Hosman Martínez complained that 406 electronic […]