General News

There’s a typewriter repair shop on Calle Libertad one block north of Plaza Nueve Esquinas, a stone’s throw south-west of Guadalajara’s historic center.

Zapotlanejo is showing off what municipal fathers claim is the “world’s tallest catrina” that rises a towering 20 meters into the sky. 

This year’s Capriotada festival was a big hit with locals and out-of-town visitors. More than ten people served up their version of Mexico’s sweet and savory Lenten bread pudding.

Eight Nobel Prize winners are among 370 leading economists who have signed a letter noting that Donald Trump displays “a deep ignorance of economics,” warning that his election as president poses “a unique danger to the functioning of democratic and economic institutions and to the prosperity of the country.” The economists do not endorse or mention Hillary Clinton but urge Americans not to vote for the Republican candidate.   

Jazz Fest

Jazz musicians from Mexico, the United States, Costa Rica and France are listed in the line-up for Chapala’s International Jazz Festival, Friday, March 17 through Sunday, March 19 at the open-air stage located on the eastern leg of the city’s waterfront Malecón. 

Chapala Mayor Javier Degollado and an entourage of officials appeared in San Antonio Tlayacapan Tuesday, September 6 to carry out a symbolic launch of the plaza renovation project.
The session amounted to taking a sledge hammer to the retaining wall of one of the four garden patches and an announcement that possible revisions to the design plans are still under consideration.

Looking for a way to get rid of broken and obsolete electronic gear and keep hazardous materials from contaminating landfills?

Jalisco Civil Protection has issued a list of the six traffic tunnels in the metropolitan area that are most likely to be hit by flash flooding.