The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Most foreign folks easily take a shine to the Mexican way of honoring the dead through all sort of colorful and quirky customs tied in with Dia de Muertos holiday.
No matter who wins the U.S. presidential election, there’s a chance the NAFTA trade deal will go down the tubes.
A couple of weeks ago an acquaintance sent an email asking: “Do you have the dates in November when Ajijic does its big celebration, including ten nights of rockets? I’ve never been here for that and I’d like to have a heads up of the dates.”
While NBC news anchor Lester Holt was fine tuning topics to pose for discussion at this week’s presidential debate, I buckled down to draw up my own list of pressing questions regarding the much anticipated Clinton-Trump face-off.
In Mexico, the cradle of corn cultivation, September is the glorious harvest season for the nation’s basic food stuff.
Over two decades of covering the local news for this newspaper and 25 years of residence prior to the job, I’ve had the opportunity to watch 15 of Chapala’s presidentes municipales (mayors) come and go, each with his own distinctive personality and style of governance.
Miguel Hidalgo, known as the father of independent Mexico, survived less than a year after calling for a popular uprising with the famed Grito de Independencia at the dawn of September 16, 1810. Final chapters of his life are based on significant events that took place in and near Guadalajara.
