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42 new roses blooming in ‘City of Roses’

The rose sculpture representing Mexico in Rosefest Guadalajara 2011 – beautifully decorated by 12 Huichol artisans from Zitacua, Nayarit – has been installed at the junction between Hidalgo and Chapultepec ahead of the Pan American Games.

The merchandising of national pride

The Universidad de Guadalajara, in conjunction with Mexico City’s Museo de Estanquillo, has brought part of a private collection belonging to the late writer and intellectual Carlos Monsivais to Guadalajara’s Casa Vallarta Cultural Center.

Beauty queen saga inspires movie

At the recent Toronto Film Festival, Mexican director Gerardo Naranjo presented “Miss Bala,” which tells the story of an aspiring beauty queen who gets caught up in the seedy world of organized crime.