Navidad is celebrated here with two months of fiestas.

Photos of Adriana Macias that show her at work make her accomplishments seem natural, even though most of her skills—writing, public speaking, painting and playing the cello—required an unusual level of determination, considering she is a woman born without arms.

Mexico earned all the plaudits—not only as hosts but also participants—at the 25th World Taekwondo Championships, which took place at Guadalajara’s Scotiabank Aquatics Center from November 13 to 20.

On November 18, 1945, members of the 201 Squadron—the only Mexican unit to see action in World War II—returned in triumph to Mexico City, after participating in the liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese.

It seemed to only take a declaration October 11 by the influential, British tourism and leisure magazine Time Out that ranked Guadalajara’s Colonia Americana number one on its list of “coolest neighborhoods” in the world, to bring out the fangs of local critics indignantly berating its flaws.

The Museo Cabañas owes its name to Bishop Juan Cruz Ruiz de Cabañas y Crespo, who arrived in Guadalajara in 1796 and whose goal was the construction of a shelter for orphaned children, elder citizens and the homeless.