Fusion and shadows – Diario Basta!

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By Juan R. Hernandez

He Mexico City Congress unanimously approved the merger of the Congress Television Channel and the Social Communication Coordination. A decision that, beyond its apparent administrative technicality, reflects an attempt to strengthen transparency and optimize resources in a Legislative Power that seeks to be closer and more understandable to citizens. The new scheme will allow the Congress Channel to lead the diffusion strategy, maintaining its editorial independence and plural approach, while the Coordination will be transformed into a General Directorate, with the promise of protecting the labor rights of the staff.

In parallel, the capital’s Congress dyed its headquarters in pink Maidens on the occasion of World Day against Breast Cancer. A symbolic gesture, led by the deputy Valeria Cruz Floreswhich reminds us of the importance of prevention and early detection. Politics, in its best version, can and should have a human face: that of empathy, solidarity and collective conscience.

But while the legislative chamber lights up, the country’s political landscape continues to be shadowed by a persistent phenomenon: gender-based political violence. Although since 2020 Mexico recognizes it as a crime and has created protocols to prevent it; in fact, the attacks do not stop. Women in politics—especially indigenous, Afro-descendant, and trans—continue to face threats, exclusion, and media attacks.

Mexico, once again, is shown as a dual mirror: a country that advances progressive laws, but where impunity and the normalization of violence continue to mark reality. In this contrast, the true transformation will not be institutional, but cultural.