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Entertainment Guide - November 09, 2024

6 DAYS AGO
Entertainment Guide - November 09, 2024

Folk dance

The Ballet Folclórico de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico’s premier folk dance troupe, is in the midst of a short season titled “Alma Mestiza,” featuring around 80 artists and musicians.

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Singer flying high on ‘One Wing’

14 DAYS AGO
Singer flying high on ‘One Wing’

After a sold-out performance of her first solo album “One Wing” on October 10 at Guadalajara’s Conjunto Santander, Maria Camarena appears to be at a point in her career where she is recognized more for her voice and creativity than for the novelty of being a blind singer. 

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Playing Snoopy... (and rediscovering my/our insecurities)

6 DAYS AGO
Playing Snoopy...  (and rediscovering my/our insecurities)

“Curse you, Red Baron!”

I will play Snoopy in BRAVO! Theater’s production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” which opens Thursday, November 14.

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Sibling rivalries & heartfelt laughter at Bare Stage Theatre

6 DAYS AGO
Sibling rivalries & heartfelt laughter  at Bare Stage Theatre

Prepare for an emotional rollercoaster with award-winning Nova Scotia playwright Daniel MacIvor’s “The Best Brothers.”

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Ribera Arts Review - November 16, 2024

8 HOURS AGO
Ribera Arts Review - November 16, 2024

Musical comedy

The BRAVO! Theatre musical comedy production of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” opens with sold out shows the first weekend November 15 to 17 and Saturday, November 23.

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Ribera Arts Review - November 09, 2024

6 DAYS AGO
Ribera Arts Review - November 09, 2024

Events

• American Legion Post 7 Auxiliary will hold a holiday bazaar featuring artisans, crafters and a bake sale Saturday, November 16, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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At the Movies - November 09, 2024

6 DAYS AGO

Red One

After Santa Claus (code name: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security must team up with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.

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At the Movies - October 19, 2024

28 DAYS AGO

Smile 2

About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events.

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Columns

Guadalajara’s urban parks are transforming city life with conservation, accessibility & global recognition

6 DAYS AGO
Guadalajara’s urban parks are transforming city life  with conservation, accessibility & global recognition

Guadalajara’s 13 urban parks, along with details about what each one offers, can be easily found on their website, BosquesAMG.mx.

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The long hard trail to Jalisco’s most beautiful cave

28 DAYS AGO
The long hard trail to Jalisco’s most beautiful cave

It’s 7 a.m. at Rancho El Zapote. The air is full of early morning sounds. Loudest of all are the roosters, just meters from my tent, who have been trying to wake me up since 4 a.m.

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Daring alchemists: thunderous funerals, soaring castles aflame with burning proverbs

6 MONTHS AGO
Daring alchemists: thunderous funerals, soaring castles aflame with burning proverbs

Two recent explosions at small fireworks workshops in the Ciénega region of Jalisco which claimed the lives of eight people have focused attention on this long-standing craft activity.

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Clearing fields, pitting oneself against unyielding heat and spined brush

6 MONTHS AGO
Clearing fields, pitting oneself against unyielding heat and spined brush

On the cusp of May, the hottest month of the Jalisco highlands, campesinos are making a last push to burn off their fields, mend toppled fences of rock, barbed wire and long-spined huisache branches, readying milpas (corn fields) for hand planting before mid-June rains arrive.

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The technical side of US elections is a huge mess

6 DAYS AGO

As I am starting the process to write this I am visiting New York City where this afternoon I enjoyed sort of a man-on-the-street interview with a local whose attention was attracted by my hat.

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Choices, choices... new software & new cars

6 MONTHS AGO

Software as a Service (SaaS) is the direction in which the software industry wants to move so that everyone is required to pay a recurring fee (every month or every year) to keep using their software.

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The US election from a Mexican perspective

21 DAYS AGO
The US election from a Mexican perspective

Why is the U.S. election so important to Mexico? Will the election of either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump have vastly different outcomes for Mexico’s future?

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GDL, Guanatos or Guadalajara? A headline writer’s dilemma

2 MONTHS AGO
GDL, Guanatos or Guadalajara? A headline writer’s dilemma

A concerned reader has pointed out the frequent use of the airport code GDL in our article headlines, instead of the full name of the vibrant city it represents: Guadalajara.

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A midwesterner moves to Mexico - So Long, Farewell ...

8 YEARS AGO

I had planned on writing a nice, lengthy, last column worthy of the place I’ve had the pleasure of living in for the past two years.

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A midwesterner moves to Mexico - Packing Up

8 YEARS AGO

The wool coat looks worse for the non-wear. It is wrinkled from being unworn and crammed in the back of a closet for two years; dotted with dust and dog hair from a dog that departed the family a year ago; in need of a lint brush that can’t be found in the pile of things to be thrown away, don...

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Dumb idea department

8 HOURS AGO
Dumb idea department

We all know that government officials and their agencies have a knack for coming up with hare-brained schemes, but the recent decision of Chapala’s new traffic department chief really takes the cake.

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Cohetes: Deafening Sound & Furyv

28 DAYS AGO
Cohetes: Deafening Sound & Furyv

It was bound to happen. As assorted religious celebrations are observed this time of year, perpetual squabbles over cohetes (sky rockets) have blasted off on social networks.

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Modern medical wonders & unpronounceable remedies

6 DAYS AGO
Modern medical wonders  & unpronounceable remedies

Remember when pain and ailment treatments were just Bufferin, Ludens, Geritol, and maybe a bowl of soup? None of these embarrassed you if they were spotted around the house by visitors.

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My robot butler who vacuums with a vengeance

14 DAYS AGO

We have just adopted a new robot vacuum cleaner. The frisky little cakepan-shaped stud has taken me into the dazzling era of our technological future. It works soldierly and quietly, like an English butler.

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Expat Living

Portuguese-speaking author wins prestigious book award

1 MONTHS AGO
Portuguese-speaking author wins prestigious book award

Mozambican writer Mia Couto, one of the most important contemporary authors writing in Portuguese, will receive the prestigious 2024 FIL Literature Prize at the opening of the annual Guadalajara International Book Fair on November 30.

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Looking Back: A review of September news from the last 50 years

1 YEAR AGO
Looking Back: A review of September news from the last 50 years

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our September editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

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City Living - January 25, 2020

4 YEARS AGO
City Living - January 25, 2020

Dragon dance

Sunday, January 26, experience the Chinese New Year with a presentation of the dragon dance, and other rituals, by the students and professors of Kung-Fu Dragón Inmortal, one of the most acclaimed Kung Fu schools in Guadalajara. The Chinese New Year falls on Saturday, January 25...

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City Living – March 16, 2019

5 YEARS AGO

American School race

Think green – the sixth annual Eco Race and Green Market are scheduled for Sunday, March 31 at Guadalajara’s American School Foundation. Everyone is welcomed to this event meant to raise awareness about conserving the planet’s resources. Expect to learn a lot ...

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Saint Andrew is depicted in a float as a fisherman before he became a fisher of men as an apostle of Jesus.

8 HOURS AGO

St. Andrew’s Anglican

Sunday, November 17, Reverend James Francis Twyman will preach and celebrate. Service begins at 10 a.m.

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Weekly Worship - November 09, 2024

6 DAYS AGO
Weekly Worship - November 09, 2024

Grace Church Chapala

Grace Church Chapala is at  Iglesia del Espiritu Santo, at Alvaro Obregon 119, Colonia Plaza de Toros, Chapala. Sunday worship is at 9:30 a.m. Pastor Alan Pohl. tel. 33-399-1501.

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Laguna Chapalac - Novembre 09, 2024

6 DAYS AGO
Laguna Chapalac - Novembre 09, 2024

Open Circle

Michael Hogan  presents “Deaf Cat in the Rain” at the next meeting of Open Circle at the Lake Chapala Society, on Sunday, November 10, 10:30 a.m. 

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Laguna Chapalac - Novembre 02, 2024

14 DAYS AGO
Laguna Chapalac - Novembre 02, 2024

Open Circle

Greg Kemp presents “Learning Love” at the next meeting of Open Circle at the Lake Chapala Society, on Sunday, November 3, 10:30 a.m.  Kemp will outline the five levels of love; the Spectrum of Love and its opposites; read mystical poetry from Rumi and Hafiz; discuss fal...

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Museum showcases history of Vallarta art scene

1 YEAR AGO
Museum showcases history of Vallarta art scene

Tucked away in Puerto Vallarta’s Colonia El Remance, nestled next to tourist favorite Zona Romantica, is ARTe Vallarta Museo, showcasing an art genre unique to the city: Arte Vallarta.

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North Banderas Beat - March 11, 2023

1 YEAR AGO
North Banderas Beat - March 11, 2023

I’m forever in awe of folks who do what seems a zillion things in a day, not only to make a buck but because it ignites their passions.

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North Banderas Beat - March 23, 2024

7 MONTHS AGO
North Banderas Beat - March 23, 2024

Spring has a special vibe around Banderas Bay. This time of year, I live in denial, as others speak of the season ending, I dig in my heals, “NO”!

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North Banderas Beat - March 09, 2024

8 MONTHS AGO
North Banderas Beat - March 09, 2024

Sometimes living in paradise feels like a fairytale and other times it feels like magic.

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La Manzanilla Memo - March 01, 2020

4 YEARS AGO
La Manzanilla Memo - March 01, 2020

Bocce Ball Tournament

A few weeks after hosting an elegant dinner dance in late January, the Bocce Ball Committee and aficionados of the sport donned shorts and t-shirts to face off in the 6th annual Bocce Ball Tournament on February 15.

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La Manzanilla Memo – February 15, 2020

4 YEARS AGO
La Manzanilla Memo – February 15, 2020

Otra Vez

Last November, a little thrift store named Otra Vez opened its doors to the residents of La Manzanilla and became an instant hit with both the Mexican and expat communities.  Operating solely with donations and dedicated volunteers, it is now in its second year with no signs of slowin...

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Barra de Navidad & Melaque Journal - April 04, 2020

4 YEARS AGO
Barra de Navidad & Melaque Journal - April 04, 2020

In the Bahia de Navidad everyone is doing their part to stay safe and help each other. As some businesses close down, others stay open to keep the community safe and supplied with basic essentials and information regarding Covid-19.

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Barra de Navidad & Melaque Journal - March 22, 2020

4 YEARS AGO
Barra de Navidad & Melaque Journal - March 22, 2020

Four years ago, a small team of big-hearted Canadian and Americans decided they wanted to give something substantial back to the community.

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Puerto Vallarta Bulletin - March 27, 2021

3 YEARS AGO
Puerto Vallarta Bulletin - March 27, 2021

Officials in Jalisco and Puerto Vallarta, in the face of Covid-19, are hoping for a little-quieter-than-normal Semana Santa, but that doesn’t mean Tapatios will resist the lure of the beaches of the Bay of Banderas.

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Puerto Vallarta Bulletin - February 06, 2021

3 YEARS AGO
Puerto Vallarta Bulletin - February 06, 2021

Races

To celebrate the Día de Amor y Amistad (Valentine’s Day), two races, sponsored by the Municipal Sports Advisory Committee (Comude), will be held on Sunday, February 14 along two areas: the Malecon and the Rio Pitillal linear parkway.

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Mexican Lifestyles

Days of the Dead in Michoacán

4 YEARS AGO
Days of the Dead in Michoacán

Mexico’s Days of the Dead coincide with the Christian All Souls and All Saints Day, November 1 and November 2.

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When to tip – and not to tip

7 YEARS AGO
When to tip – and not to tip

Tipping is woven into the fabric of Mexico’s social culture, chiefly because of its informal, cash-driven economy.

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A tequila adventure in a different direction

3 YEARS AGO
A tequila adventure in a different direction

The Centro Educativo Jaltepec’s new tequila tour to benefit its students is far and away something beyond the typical tours to the agave regions.

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Senate beefs up laws on access to beaches

4 YEARS AGO

The Mexican Senate has approved reforms to the General Law of National Assets, increasing the fines for establishments or individuals that restrict access to Mexico’s beaches, to more than one million pesos.

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The capital offers excellent dining options for Easter

7 MONTHS AGO
The capital offers excellent dining options for Easter

If you’re looking for a place to visit over Easter but don’t want to find yourself surrounded by loud, drunken hordes, skip the beach and consider Mexico City. The traffic will be less frenetic, the air cleaner, the museums and restaurants less crowded.

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A date with Belabot & Michibot

11 MONTHS AGO
A date with Belabot & Michibot

In a naked move to capitalize on the current interest in AI, I decided to accept an invitation to eat at El Gato in Guadalajara, and to write about the experience.

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Weathering the calor: avoiding heat stress

5 YEARS AGO
Weathering the calor: avoiding heat stress

As Guadalajara and Jalisco enter into their warm season, typically between April and June of each year, residents and seasonal visitors should take precautions to avoid heat stress.  What’s more, the University of Guadalajara’s Institute of Astronomy and Meteorology reports that eve...

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Winter warning: Catching a cold, getting the sniffles is all too easy here

6 YEARS AGO
Winter warning: Catching a cold,  getting the sniffles is all too easy here

Returning snowbirds should not be fooled by the warmer winter weather in this region. Big swings in temperature can play havoc with a person’s health and bring on cold symptoms in a flash.

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News

Zapopan, GDL offer discounts on late tax surcharges

9 HOURS AGO

In conjunction with the Buen Fin shopping weekend, the municipalities of Guadalajara and Zapopan are offering discounts of up to 75 percent on fines and surcharges for late payments of 2024 municipal taxes and other procedures (trámites).

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City marathon reaches 40th anniversary

9 HOURS AGO

There’s still time for runners to register for the 2024 Guadalajara International Marathon, set for Sunday, November 24.

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Laguna Chapalac - Novembre 16, 2024

8 HOURS AGO
Laguna Chapalac - Novembre 16, 2024

Garden Guild

Tickets are still available for the Lakeside Garden Guild’s 2024 Floral Art and Design Show, Saturday, November 16, from 3 to 6 p.m. at Privada Revolución 1 in Upper Ajijic, hosted on the beautiful estate of Jack Talerico and Justo Ramirez, featuring gardens adorned with s...

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Thriller for rotary club

9 HOURS AGO
Thriller for rotary club

The 14th edition of Thrill the World Ajijic, held October 26 at the waterfront Malecón, brought out dozens of zombies, witches and warlocks and a large audience for this year’s ghoulish charity fun-raiser benefiting Rotary Club of Ajijic. 

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Governor lauds crime reduction in final report

6 DAYS AGO
Governor lauds crime reduction in final report

Amid thanks and applause, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez delivered his sixth and final government report (informe)on November 6.

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Jalisco expats push for voting rights in hometown elections

6 DAYS AGO

Members of the Association of Jaliscienses United in Action have launched a campaign advocating for Jalisco migrants living abroad—especially those in the United States—to have the right to vote in local elections for mayors, or presidentes municipales, and city councils in their hometow...

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Revolution Day

9 HOURS AGO

Although November 20 is the original date of Dia de Revolución, Monday, November 18 is the official national holiday this year.

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Should Mexican cartels be designated terrorist organizations?

9 HOURS AGO

Some media outlets in Mexico are describing last weekend’s massacre in a bar in Querétaro, which left ten dead, as a terrorist act.

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Can Puerto Vallarta secure another Catrina world record?

21 DAYS AGO
Can Puerto Vallarta secure another Catrina world record?

In recent years, Puerto Vallarta has become a major destination for tourists seeking a Day of the Dead experience.

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Nayarit & Jalisco hotels awarded 3 ‘Michelin Keys’

1 MONTHS AGO
Nayarit & Jalisco hotels awarded 3 ‘Michelin Keys’

Xinalani, a secluded eco-resort located 12 miles south of Puerto Vallarta International Airport and accessible only by boat, is one of three Mexican hotels recently awarded Three Michelin Keys, the top category in the renowned travel guide’s new distinction for evaluating hotels worldwide.

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Cautious optimism melts into worry & sadness

6 DAYS AGO
Cautious optimism melts into worry & sadness

At 8 p.m.—approximately the same time I arrived at the election watch party sponsored by Democrats Abroad (DA) in Guadalajara—retired financial analyst and dual citizen Jorge Mendez was hunkered down on the other side of the city with his media, just like the 50 or so Democrats at the Am...

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US envoy sees El Mayo arrest as a victory, while Mexico demands more answers

14 DAYS AGO
US envoy sees El Mayo arrest as a victory, while Mexico demands more answers

U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar has expressed his “surprise” at Mexico’s lack of enthusiasm over the recent arrest of Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.

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UK’s Diagio expands in Jalisco

3 YEARS AGO
UK’s Diagio expands in Jalisco

UK spirits giant Diageo will invest $US500 million to expand its tequila production center located in the Jalisco municipality of Atotonilco El Alto and build one new distillery in La Barca, generating more than 1,000 direct jobs for Jalisco, company executives and Governor Enrique Alfaro announced ...

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The British Council marks a milestone

6 YEARS AGO

It’s been 75 years since the arrival in Mexico of the British Council, a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization that promotes a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language, while encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational understanding and co-ope...

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Obituaries - November 16, 2024

8 HOURS AGO
Obituaries - November 16, 2024

Judy King

Judy King, a 34-year resident of Mexico and former columnist of this newspaper died November 11.

Born February 20, 1945 in Denison, Iowa to Fred and Marcelyn Hoffman, Judy was a fifth generation Iowa resident. She arrived at Lake Chapala from southern California in October 1990. Before s...

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Obituaries - October 12, 2024

1 MONTHS AGO
Obituaries - October 12, 2024

Lotus (Sherry) Lee Miller

Lotus (Sherry) Lee Miller passed away on September 10 at Lakeside’s Hospital San Antonio, at the age of 70, after a courageous battle following a stroke in 2023.

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‘El Toro’, Dodgers’ legendary Mexican pitcher, dies at 63

21 DAYS AGO
‘El Toro’, Dodgers’ legendary Mexican pitcher, dies at 63

Fernando Valenzuela, the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher who in 1981 became the first player to win Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards in the same season, passed away on October 22 at the age of 63 due to medical complications.

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Mexico downs Team USA in soccer friendly, as homophobic chants persist

28 DAYS AGO
Mexico downs Team USA in soccer friendly, as homophobic chants persist

Mexico ended a seven-game winless streak against the United States with a 2-0 victory in a friendly match held at Guadalajara’s Akron Stadium on October 15.

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