Handout picture released by Secretaria de Culturas y Artes de Oaxaca shows (L to R) Juan Maldonado, legal advisor; Jacobo Lopez; Eric Ignacio Fabian, municipal president of Villa Hidalgo Yalalag; Pablo Caballero, Adidas Brand Director; Alejandro Ibarra, Adidas Team Coordinator; Karen Gonzalez, Adidas Legal Director; Marco del Valle, Adidas Public Affairs Coordinator; Raul Ruz, Secretary of Economic Development of the State of Oaxaca; and Flavio Sosa, Secretary of Culture and Arts of Oaxaca, attend a public hearing to receive an apology from the German sportswear brand Adidas, in the community of Villa Hidalgo Yalalag, Oaxaca state, Mexico on August 21, 2025. German brand Adidas publicly apologized to an indigenous community in Mexico on August 21 for using its traditional sandals as inspiration for a new design, which artisans and authorities denounced as cultural appropriation. (Photo by Francisco Reyna Lucero / Secretaría de Culturas y Artes de Oaxaca / AFP)
