General News

In spite of an unexpected rain shower, the Revolution Day parade held on Guadalajara’s Paseo Chapultepec on Monday, November 21 went off without a hitch, bringing together 2,900 sportsmen, women and children demonstrating their talents in front of a much smaller crowd than usual due to the weather, but equally as enthusiastic. 

The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) will return in all its mammoth grandeur this year, with around 3,000 literary, academic, scientific, cultural, professional and children’s and youth activities planned over its nine-day run from Saturday, November 26 to December 4.

No sooner did seasonal festivities in Ajijic commence last weekend, than questions and gripes about the noise factor became rife on local social networks. Mexican citizens and foreign immigrants alike took to social networks to argue the pros and cons of the fiesta furor.

Non-stop to Orlando

Frontier Airlines has launched a new non-stop flight between Orlando, Florida and Guadalajara, operating twice weekly.

Two leading infectologists in Guadalajara reckon the federal government should begin a new Covid-19 vaccination program quickly, before the coldest part of the year kicks in.

Athletes from Kenya filled the three top spots in the men’s race of the 2022 Guadalajara Marathon, held on Sunday, November 6. 

Students and academic and administrative staff from the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) gathered at five points in the metropolitan area Wednesday to march to the city center in protest at perceived budget cuts approved by the State Congress a day earlier.

Guadalajara is preparing to host yet another major international sporting event—and on this occasion a world championships, no less!