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Trucks to be charged to enter Guadalajara metropolitan area

Drivers of semi trucks and trailers who fall foul of a new law banning their circulation in the Guadalajara metropolitan area during certain hours of the day will pay a hefty price.


GDL-Paris direct flight by close of year, says governor

Negotiations with Aeromexico to operate a direct flight between Guadalajara and Paris, France, are “advancing” rapidly, according to Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro.

City’s amazing Book Fair

The massive International Book Fair (FIL) opens in Guadalajara Saturday, November 30 and runs until Sunday, December 8 at Expo Guadalajara (Avenida Mariano Otero at Avenida de las Rosas).

Polemical former Jalisco governor dies at age 90

Former Jalisco Governor Guillermo Cosio Vidaurri, who saw his political career curtailed in the wake of the April, 1992, sewer line explosions in Guadalajara, died this week at the age of 90.

India takes center stage at city’s humongous literary jamboree

More than 1,900 publishers from 42 countries, and 800 authors from 37 countries, will descend on the city at the end of November to thrill and motivate around 700,000 reading enthusiasts who each year religiously show up at Guadalajara’s mammoth International Book Fair (FIL), the second-largest literary event of its kind in the world.

Long weekend of discounts nears

The ninth edition of “El Buen Fin” takes place across the nation Friday, November 15 to Monday, November 18 (the day the national holiday marking the Mexican Revolution will be observed).