The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Representatives of the United States Consulate General this week donated equipment valued around 15,000 dollars to a worthy charity hospital in Guadalajara. The Hospital Materno Infantil “Esperanza López Mateos” received six fetal monitors and 16 wheelchairs, made available thanks to the USNORTHCOM Humanitarian Assistance Program.
While the rest of the country celebrates Dia de la Raza (Columbus Day) on Sunday, October 12, here in Guadalajara the Italian sailor who stumbled across a continent and its people 520 years ago gets trumped by Tapatios’ very own miracle worker.
Guadalajara’s month-long “State Fair,” the Fiestas de Octubre, kicks off Friday, October 3 but really gathers pace on Sunday, October 5 when the city center hosts the colorful annual parade.
Up with People (Viva la Gente) is looking for families willing to host one or more students when the troupe visits Guadalajara from October 6-13. The 100-member cast comprises students between the ages of 17 and 29, representing 15 countries.
The American Society (Amsoc) held a festive lunch on Saturday, September 13 in honor of Mexican Indpendence Day.
Two new section heads who arrived at the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara in the past month are acclimatizing to life in Mexico’s second largest city but both admit the process is hardly taxing.
A day of celebration anticipating Dia de Independencia is set at St. Mark’s Anglican/Episcopal church in Guadalajara for Sunday, September 14, two days before the actual holiday. The festivities begin at the 10:30 a.m. English Mass, with the 10-member English choir, invited soprano Karla Martinez and guitarist Daniel Lemoine performing “México Lindo y Querido” along with hymns, directed by Debra Rodriguez with acclaimed organist Ana Silvia Guerrero.
