Keys to Incentivizing Cultural Development in Veracruz

Manuel Velázquez The challenges for public, cultural and artistic management in Veracruz are complex and multifaceted, involving questions of power, heritage, identity and social development. Recently, the government proposal to merge the secretariats of Tourism (Sectur) and Culture (Secver) into a single dependency, “with the aim of optimizing resources”, has generated an intense debate. This initiative has sparked a great disagreement, given t…