General News

Not only is their sacred land threatened by Canadian mining corporations, but the indigenous Huichol people must now also contend with the Mexican government undermining their peyote-infused religious rituals.

Jalisco State Congress employees ended a sit-in this week after being promised payment of their final two-week paychecks and end-of-session bonuses. 

Jalisco’s outgoing Governor Emilio Gonzalez introduced a bill to the State Congress this week proposing that citizens with no party affiliation be allowed to stand for political office.

Around 500 people were evacuated from their homes in the village Corralillos near Zapotlanejo, Jalisco after a Pemex gas pipeline caught fire Thursday, October 19.

President Felipe Calderon inaugurated the enormous La Yesca hydroelectric dam on the Jalisco/Nayarit border on Tuesday.

In one of the current legislature’s final sessions, the Jalisco Congress unanimously passed the Protection of the Health of Nonsmokers Act this week.

In a bid to encourage the technological and educational development of indigenous communities in northern Jalisco, the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) is translating 40,000 Wixarika words for online use.

Politicians, academics and activists gathered Wednesday at the State Congress to fete the passage of new legal reforms.