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.

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.

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).

Municipal authorities in Guadalajara and Chapala denied a married same-sex couple, named Alma and Ariana, the right to register their recently born triplets as their own, says Union Diversa de Jalisco, a local LGBT activist/support organization.

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

Uber, Didi, Cabify, Avant, Yaxi, City Drive. There are copious ride-hailing apps to choose from nowadays in Mexico, but one solves boredom during traffic jams with karaoke.