The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Maybe it was the strong peso, the post-Covid return to normality, or, perhaps, the president’s fondness for hugging criminals.
The U.S. State Department responded to a barrage of fury unleashed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the wake of its annual report on human rights around the world that highlights the high levels of impunity in Mexico, the participation of authorities in crimes and the president’s antagonism toward journalists and activists.
New rules published recently in the Official Gazette of the Federation maintain the prohibition of genetically modified corn (GMO) corn for human consumption in Mexico, but eliminate a 2024 deadline for phasing out biotech corn for animal feed and industrial food production.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to US$20,000 for information leading to the physical location of María del Carmen López, a U.S. citizen who was kidnapped from her residence in Pueblo Nuevo, Colima on February 9, 2023.
The National Alliance of Small Merchants (ANPEC) says 27 class action lawsuits have been filed across the country, representing more than 500 small businesses, challenging the federal government’s anti-tobacco regulations that came into effect at the end of January.
Daylight saving time begins in the United States on Sunday, March 12, when the clocks skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. local time.
A supply shortfall, inflation, the cold climate and the avian flu that recently affected poultry farms are the main reasons why the price of eggs has soared to 70 pesos a kilo in some parts of the Guadalajara metropolitan area.
It has been pointed out that the U.S. State Department travel advisory for Mexico highlighted Matamoros (see story left) as a place where drug cartel activity is widespread.
The spotlight has again focused on Felipe Calderon (president of Mexico from 2006-2012) after his former public security minister was this week found guilty in the United States of taking millions of dollars in bribes from Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel.
