The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The delegation of athletes who will represent Mexico at the 2024 Paris Olympics next month was given a send-off this week at the National Palace at a ceremony presided over by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Last Monday, Jalisco’s Electoral and Citizen Participation Institute (IEPC)—the body responsible for overseeing this state’s elections for governor, legislature and 125 mayorships and city councils—began the task of issuing constancias (ratification certificates) to the winning candidates in the June 2 local elections.
Democrats Abroad Guadalajara is sponsoring online voter registration help at the American Society of Jalisco (AMSOC) on the second and fourth Thursdays in June during the society’s weekly lunch, held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. AMSOC is located at Avenida San Francisco 3332, Colonia Chapalita.
Mexicana de Aviación, the new airline operated by the Ministry of Defense (Sedena), has signed a contract with Brazilan manufacturer Embraer to acquire 20 new single-class aircraft: ten 108-seat capacity E190-E2 planes and ten 132-seat capacity E195-E2 planes.
The granddaughter of Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews who arrived in Mexico between 1920 and 1940, Claudia Sheinbaum, 61, (Mexico’s virtual president-elect) grew up in middle-class Tlalpan, the largest of Mexico City’s 16 boroughs.
Financial markets have reacted negatively to the election of Claudia Sheinbaum as Mexico’s next president, with the peso the major casualty.
The ruling Morena party and its allies (the Partido Verde and Partido del Trabajo) won important victories in federal Congressional races on June 2.
Mexico’s Health Ministry has called out the World Health Organization (WHO) for alarmism following the death of a 59-year-old man in a Mexico City hospital who became infected with a new strain of bird flu, although he had no history of exposure to poultry or other animals.
As most polls predicted, 61-year-old Claudia Sheinbaum swept to a landslide victory in the June 2 election and will become the first female president of Mexico, after taking office on October 1.
