The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
By meeting with U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has Enrique Peña Nieto committed yet another calamitous faux pas in his endlessly controversial career as president of Mexico?
Magna gasoline creeps up again
The price of Magna gasoline increased by two centavos to 13.98 pesos a liter September 1. This means that the three percent maximum limit over a 12-month period that was imposed last year has now been reached and no more hikes should be expected in 2016. Premium gasoline stays the same, but diesel has risen by 47 centavos to 14.45 pesos a liter.
Only 813 primary and secondary schools in Jalisco out of 11,298 have taken the option of reducing the number of work days in the coming school year.
Mexico has reacted with shock and sadness at the sudden death from a heart attack of Mexican singer, songwriter and producer Juan Gabriel – “El Divo de Juarez” – at the age of 66.
“Mexico: A gold medal for excuses,” ran one headline this week as the nation’s athletes failed to pick up a single medal in the first week of the Rio Olympics.
The credibility of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto was dealt another blow this week after a leading journalist accused him of plagiarizing up to one-third of his 1991 law degree thesis.
Mexicans faced a double whammy this week, with increases in the costs of both gasoline and electricity.
Mexico’s currency continued its slow recovery this week, hitting a three-month high of 17.9 to the U.S. dollar Tuesday.
More than 12,000 tins of chiles have been appropriated from the warehouses of food producers La Costeña by federal health inspectors.
