Kids love role-playing by mimicking traditionally adult activities. Fourteen years ago, that premise led Mexican entrepreneur Xavier Lopez Ancona to open KidZania, an entertainment/educational theme park where children aged 4 to 12 could acquire real-life skills, learn about working and having a career and be introduced to the fundamentals of financial literacy.

Economically challenged Mexicans lacking health insurance who turned up at the public Hospital General de Occidente (commonly referred to as Zoquipan) in Zapopan this week were surprised to find that charges for medical services had shot up overnight by roughly 120 percent.

The nation’s teachers were up in arms this week as Mexico passed controversial reforms that will force all public educational workers to undergo mandatory evaluations.

A month-long donation campaign at the Costco store in Guadalajara has raised more than 321,000 pesos for the Mi Gran Esperanza charity that assists children with cancer.

The general public may enter free of charge on the final day of the third International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Business Expo, which takes place at Expo Guadalajara from Thursday, September 5 to Saturday, September 7.

Behind schedule and with doubts over the transparency of its financing and construction, Guadalajara’s new civil court court complex opened this week with a ceremony presided over by Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval.