French citizens living in or visiting Guadalajara filled the city’s Gallic eateries to watch their nation triumph in the World Cup final on Sunday, July 15.

The U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara’s annual U.S. Independence Day celebration, held in the vast main hall of the Tec de Monterrey university, was this year thrown just a bit shy of July 4, occurring instead on Friday, June 22. 

Both the Lake Chapala and Guadalajara chapters of Democrats Abroad will stage separate vigils Saturday, June 30, in support of the “Keep Families Together” rallies being held in multiple cities across the United States, and others around the globe.

Blood donations, as is well known, save lives. 

Wednesday evening’s storm downed 80 trees and damaged scores of cars and homes. 

Local historian Michael Hogan gives Democrats Abroad Guadalajara a dose of Mexican- American history at the group’s annual meeting, June 23.