A clutch of dignitaries this week cut the ribbon at the new installations of the Intel Guadalajara Design Center, underlying the long-term commitment that the world’s leading integrated circuit manufacturer appears to have toward Mexico and this region in particular.

After reluctantly agreeing to a new wage structure this week, Guadalajara bus drivers will no longer work on a commission basis and be compelled to “race” each other to get more passengers.

Restaurants and their chefs are again invited to participate in the second Tenedor de Oro culinary competition on May 29 at the Cabañas Cultural Institute. 

Known for decades as the “City of the Roses,” Guadalajara’s rose population has fallen dramatically over the past decade due largely to local government budget cuts. 

Jim Sheridan, the Irish director of hits such as “My Left Foot” and “In the Name of the Father,” told the Guadalajara Film Festival this week that he plans to work on a movie based on the exploits of the Irish San Patricio Battalion, that defected from the U.S. to the Mexican side in the Mexican–American War of 1846-8.

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