Jorge Vergara Madrigal, the businessman who started the successful multi-level marketing  company Omnilife from nothing, before purchasing the Guadalajara Chivas and restoring the fortunes of Mexico’s most followed soccer team, died last week at the age of 64 following a cardiac arrest in New York.

“It’s the really tiny things that matter at this age,” says Rebecca Holt. “‘I just feel hot,’ someone will say.  I’ll get a clip-on fan and put it on the person and let them cool. ‘My legs feel so uncomfortable,’ they’ll say.  I’ll get some coconut oil and give a little leg massage.  It doesn’t take much at all.

On November 5, 1979 (40 years ago this month), the Iran hostage crisis began as militant students stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran, seizing its occupants. It began 444 days of captivity for 52 U.S. citizens, including Consul General Richard Morefield. The crisis dominated the headlines and still impacts U.S.-Iranian relations today.

Preparations in Guadalajara and its surrounding areas were well underway this week for Mexico’s most surreal festival – “El Dia de los Muertos.”

“Learn to read art” embroidered on a handkerchief welcomes visitors at Ricos Jugos, Guadalajara’s local zine shop.

Burn-out is included in the World Health Organization’s 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as an occupational phenomenon. It is not classified as a medical condition.