The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
A dull Oscar ceremony was livened up by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñarritu’s politically charged acceptance speech and the reactions of Sean Penn and Donald Trump, who sparked controversy with comments that some suggested were racist.
Personnel employed by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) will hit the streets Monday, March 2 to initiate a four-week survey covering 6.1 million home addresses nationwide. The program will encompass door-to-door visits in target neighborhoods, subdivisions and gated communities located in Guadalajara and the Lake Chapala area, including the homes of full and part-time expatriate residents.
The Hay Festival of literature and arts has cancelled its event in Veracruz in protest against the failure to protect freedom of expression in the state. Organizers of the event said that 800 writers around the world had contacted them asking for the cancellation, following a spate of attacks on journalists. In January, Moises Sanchez became the 15th journalist to be killed or disappeared in Veracruz since 2010.
The government wants to allow foreign immigration and customs agents to carry arms while in the country, an issue that has historically been a source of tension with the United States.
Aeromexico will launch direct flights from Mexico City to Toronto and Boston, as of May and June respectively, the airline’s director general Andres Conesa revealed in the February edition of its in-flight magazine Aire.
Nowadays, the lead up to the Oscars, with the rush of other televised awards ceremonies, often turns the actual event itself into a damp squib. And with so many of the gongs considered a shoo-in, the major excitement often lies in seeing whether the presenter/s hit any highs or bomb dramatically.
Huge United Kingdom-based online take-out ordering service Just Eat has acquired Mexico’s SinDelantal.Mx for a reported 20 million dollars.
In a rare public statement U.S. Ambassador Anthony Wayne has denounced aggressions against the press in Mexico.
Homages to the Mexican flag will be paid across the length and breadth of the nation on Tuesday, February 24 – Dia de la Bandera. Ceremonies in the Plaza de la LIberacion in downtown Guadalajara start at 8 a.m., featuring students selected by their schools for their high academic grades.
