Want to try some of Mexico’s most classic food at this time of year? Then head over to the American Society (Amsoc) for its Mexican Independence Day luncheon on Thursday, September 12, and help yourself to some delicious chiles en nogada.

The eight-year saga of the polemic 2011 Pan American Games athletes’ village – empty ever since the sporting event ended – could finally be coming to an end.

Maybe.

Guadalajara’s penchant for setting Guinness records continued last weekend, as 882 exquisitely dressed folk dancers created an amazing spectacle in the Plaza de la Liberación.

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our August editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

Zapopan and the state of Jalisco have provided 2.8 million pesos to help 146 homeowners who were inundated by floods August 4 in the southwest neighborhoods of Villas del Ixtepete, Villas Perisur, Mariano Otero, El Fortin, Santa Ana Tepetitlan and El Rehilete.

For the second time in a week, hundreds of young women have taken to the streets to voice their outrage at violence against their gender.