The Guadalajara Reporter
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Several new projects designed to give a valuable shot in the arm to the already thriving tequila sector were announced last week when the National Chamber of the Tequila Industry (CNIT) convened to mark 200 years of Jalisco as a free and sovereign state.
The Environmental Commission of the Jalisco Congress has approved draft legislation to sanction people who abandon their dogs, either in the street or elsewhere, and also leave them on rooftops in the searing heat for long periods.
The official period during which local political parties will select their candidates to run for the Jalisco governorship next year begins on Sunday, November 5.
The delayed Zapotillo Dam on the Verde River in northeastern Jalisco will be inaugurated in February 2024, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro confirmed last weekend during a visit to the project in the company of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Zapopan Mayor Juan José Frangie said that almost 27,000 dancers from scores of groups took part in the 2023 Virgin of Zapopan religious procession held on October 12.
Ajijic’s month-long devotions honoring Our Lady of the Rosary come to an end on Tuesday, October 31 with a major village fiesta.
According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, as of 6 p.m. Thursday Norma had 120 mph (195 kph) maximum sustained winds and was located about 365 miles (590 kilometers) south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas.
Just days after her October 12 mega-pilgrimage, the Virgin of Zapopan is back on the road again for a traditional fall tour of Lake Chapala communities.
As coastal communities brace for yet another tropical storm (“Norma,” see sidebar), clean-up work continues in the wake of Hurricane Lidia, which pummeled Mexico’s Pacific coast a week ago.