General News

Supporters of Raúl Padilla, the president of the International Book Fair (FIL) and a key figure in the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG) hierarchy, have leaped to his defense after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador accused him of belonging to “a bloc of conservatives” that seeks to denigrate his administration.

The Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco) was forced to step in after managers at a Soriano supermarket in Guadalajara refused to sell a customer its entire stock of whiskey.

Tapatios took to the avenues of Guadalajara last Sunday after the municipal government gave the green light for the resumption of the car-free exercise activity, the Via RecreActiva, following eight months of forced closure. 

The state government has eased restrictions on several activities that have been on lockdown for the past nine months.

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro brushed off criticism of his decision to allow up to 6,000 fans into the Akron Stadium on Wednesday to watch the Chivas in action against arch-rivals America (“El Clasico”) in a Liga Mx playoff game.

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our November editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, November 25, activists erected what they called an “anti-monument” to victims of violence in Guadalajara’s Plaza de Armas.

Safe distancing all but went out the window last weekend, a day after Jalisco authorities lifted the partial “emergency” two-week Covid lockdown.