Irregular real‑estate expansion in southern Mexico has accelerated deforestation, habitat destruction and wildlife displacement, driven by tourism growth, gentrification and greenwashing linked to projects like the Tren Maya. Local activists and environmental organizations highlight institutional failures in enforcing environmental regulations and managing wildlife protection. Community groups in Quintana Roo and across the Yucatán Peninsula have mobilized to document ecological harm, oppose destructive development, and promote legislative initiatives advocating sustainable urban planning and stronger environmental safeguards.

Lucero Ardila’s photography, recognized by the Sony Photography World Awards, blends folkloric, baroque and urban aesthetics to explore identity, northern Mexican culture and personal history. Her work challenges internalized racism and stereotypes about the region while tracing her artistic evolution from baroque references to urban fashion influences. Ardila’s career reflects her experiences growing up in Tamaulipas, studying in Monterrey and moving to Mexico City, as well as her efforts to share art history and visual storytelling with younger audiences. She continues expanding her artistic reach and encourages young creators to value and represent their local stories.

Bertha Zúniga Cáceres continues the activism of her mother, Berta Cáceres, who led Indigenous and environmental resistance in Honduras until her assassination in 2016. The article details the family’s history of political engagement, the escalating threats against environmental defenders, and the violent opposition faced from corporate and state actors involved in the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project. It outlines investigations that linked DESA executives and military personnel to the killing, ongoing legal battles for accountability, and the enduring role of COPINH in defending Lenca territory. Bertha’s leadership emerges from collective grief, community support, and spiritual practices that preserve her mother’s legacy as movements across the region continue to demand justice and protect ancestral lands.

Explores how uncritical adoption of artificial intelligence intersects with environmental harm and political manipulation, emphasizing the role of tech elites in extractive practices and highlighting the risk of ecofascist narratives that shift blame to individual users while ignoring structural power dynamics. Advocates for informed regulation, corporate accountability, and support for communities resisting territorial and environmental exploitation.

Mexican and Colombian authorities are investigating the disappearance of María Camila Díaz Grajales, a Colombian woman who traveled to Mexico under a suspected false job offer and has been missing since February. Her family noticed irregularities in her communications and received threats while searching for her. Officials now consider human trafficking the primary line of investigation. Civil society groups and media campaigns in both countries have mobilized to support the search. Mexico remains a major destination for trafficking victims from Colombia, with several neighborhoods in Mexico City identified as hotspots for exploitation and past rescue operations confirming the pattern.

Feminist geographer Vanessa Quintana highlights how feminist geography exposes gender‑based violence, challenges patriarchal academic norms, and maps the experiences of lesbian women in Mexico. Influenced by figures like María Verónica Ibarra García and Francesca Gargallo, she develops projects that document both violence and resistance, including mapping aggressions against lesbian women and compiling information on lesbian academics, artists, and activists. These efforts aim to create networks, strengthen visibility, and counter the structural exclusion present in traditional geography.

The piece explores the life and artistic evolution of singer-songwriter Nidia Barajas, shaped by personal loss, feminist activism and the violence faced by women in Mexico. Her music, including Encanto y ceniza and Lindo fracaso, reflects grief, social indignation and solidarity with victims of femicide and institutional neglect. Barajas recounts how community organizing, especially alongside other women, has influenced her work and identity, culminating in themes of resilience and a desire for transformative change.

Families of girls and adolescents murdered by male minors face legal limitations that cap sentences at five years under Mexico’s juvenile justice law. Experts, activists and relatives argue that the law lacks a gender perspective, fails to address the particularities of feminicide and leaves victims’ families unprotected, often living near perpetrators or facing threats. Organizations highlight deficiencies in investigations, lack of victim-centered approaches and inadequate mechanisms for damage reparation. Calls intensify for reforms to both the juvenile justice system and violence-against-women legislation to reflect rising youth-perpetrated violent crime and to ensure accountability, safety and meaningful reparations for affected families.

Critics and scholars denounce the film Emilia Pérez for perpetuating extractivist, colonial and transphobic narratives that trivialize Mexico’s violence and the experiences of affected communities. Commentators argue that director Jacques Audiard and lead actress Karla Sofía Gascón demonstrate ignorance and disregard for the social realities the film invokes, while the broader entertainment industry—including festivals, award circuits and Netflix—facilitates this dynamic through its legitimizing structures. The film’s reception highlights persistent inequities in global cinema, the marginalization of Latin American perspectives and the ethical responsibilities of filmmakers handling sensitive subjects. Calls emerge for accountability, political consequences and a renewed commitment to narrating violence without exploitation.

The Supreme Court of Mexico recognized the right of trans women to non-discrimination in a landmark ruling stemming from a 2015 incident at Reforma 222, where three activists were denied bathroom access and harassed by private security. After years of legal struggle led by EQUIS and the Red de Juventudes Trans, the Court affirmed that discrimination against one trans person affects the broader community and ordered reparations and sanctions for discriminatory businesses. The decision establishes a legal precedent on gender identity protections, highlights structural inequalities, and reinforces the need for violence-free and inclusive public spaces.