The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The phantasmagorical works of surrealist British/Mexican artist Leonora Carrington – known for her haunting, autobiographical paintings that incorporate images of sorcery, metamorphosis, alchemy and the occult – are being featured in a splendid retrospective housed in Mexico City’s Museo de Arte Moderno until September 23.
Mondays are usually sluggish days, when most people try to shrug off the excesses of the weekend’s carousing.
Most Mexicans thought Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had blown his chance of ever becoming the nation’s president when he finished runner-up in the 2012 election.
Mexico goes to the polls Sunday, July 1 to elect a new president, nine governors, 128 senators (32 by proportional representation), 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies (200 by proportional representation), plus a slew of state and municipal officers around the country.
The momentum is clearly with left-of-center candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is increasing his lead over his rivals in the presidential race, polls suggest.
The Reporter was started in 1963 by a journalist from Eugene, Oregon.
Leftist presidential frontrunner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrader weathered a barrage of attacks from his rivals at last Sunday’s first televised debate, which focused on governance and security, corruption and democracy.