The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The central plaza in San Antonio Tlaycapan is dressed up for the Christmas season with a life-size nativity scene illuminated with white lights set up in the bandstand (kiosko).
Nothing from the garden says Merry Christmas more brilliantly that the scarlet-hued beauty known most commonly in Mexico as the Flor de Noche Buena (Christmas Eve Flower).
The Chiapas state government announced Wednesday that 57 people have now died in the accident involving a truck carrying Guatemalan migrants bound for the U.S. border that occurred outside the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez on December 9.
Inflation may have been a worldwide phenomenon in 2021 (as this country’s president is eager to point out; see story page one), but that’s of little comfort to the millions of Mexicans struggling to make their pay packets cover the basic necessities of life.
Graeme Clark, the Canadian ambassador to Mexico, has released a video on social media advising all Canadians thinking of visiting Mexico during the winter season to be aware that “global travel requirements and restrictions to enter Canada can change at any time due to the unpredictable nature of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
Scientists are working hard to ascertain whether two shots of Covid-19 vaccine will continue to offer protection against severe disease caused by the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant that is spreading rapidly throughout the world.
As of December 11, 63 percent of people over 18 years of age who reside in Jalisco had been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the Jalisco Health Secretariat (SSJ) reported.
As the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant spreads rapidly worldwide, Mexico has confirmed just 23 cases.
Employees in Mexico will be expecting a little extra in their pay packet prior to Christmas.
