Leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador met with Cardinal Jose Francisco Robles Ortega last week to repair his damaged relationship with the local Archdiocese.

A handful of thriving Mexican craft breweries will be thirsting for success at the World Beer Cup, the most prestigious international beer competition.

President Felipe Calderon has named former Guadalajara Mayor and Jalisco Governor Francisco Ramirez Acuña (2001-2006) as the new Mexican ambassador to Spain.

Buried on two public television channels, the first debate between the five candidates for the Jalisco governorship will have to compete with popular telenovelas for a meaningful share of the audience.

Jalisco’s informal economic sector has grown some 15 percent in the last six years, employing 885,000 people, up from 769,000 in 2006.

February 20, on a dare by State congressman Carlos Briseño Becerra, Jalisco’s 39 legislators said they would each donate a days’ wages (3,574 pesos) to the Jalisco Cruz Roja.