Overview
- The federal Culture Secretariat and the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo signed a collaboration to implement the Diplomado Michoacán, Cultura Comunitaria y Cultura de Paz, with Rector Yarabí Ávila and Secretary Claudia Curiel as signatories.
- Officials said the plan includes the diploma and workshops for artists and community promoters across 13 regions with a territorial approach and resources directed to local cultural communities.
- UNESCO’s Mexico representative, Andrés Morales Arciniega, witnessed the signing and endorsed the focus on professionalizing cultural expressions and advancing a culture-of-peace framework.
- Authorities announced the Plan Integral de Cultura would be presented on Jan. 14 at the Centro Cultural Clavijero in Morelia with federal and state culture leaders and the governor slated to attend.
- Reactions vary as a state legislative leader touts a bottom‑up cultural policy and sector support, while artists criticize the effort as rebranding without new budgets even as Uruapan collectives pursue Pacmyc‑funded peace murals.