Overview

• At Mondiacult 2025 in Barcelona, Culture Secretary Claudia Curiel de Icaza cast Mexico as undergoing a profound transformation centered on pueblos originarios.
• She cited a public apology to indigenous peoples and a 2025 constitutional recognition of cultural rights as pillars of the shift.
• Mexico reaffirmed efforts to update the Carta Cultural Iberoamericana with proposals on collective rights, arts education as a right, artificial intelligence, and broader participation by women and people with disabilities.
• Curiel met Costa Rica’s culture minister, Jorge Rodríguez Vives, to discuss new joint projects and deeper bilateral cultural cooperation.
• Reporting noted the 2026 federal budget proposal would reduce funding for the Culture Ministry, particularly INAH and INBAL, even as Mondiacult gathered over 150 delegations with a focus on rights, digital change and AI, and without the United States and Israel.