Dozens of well-tattooed people rode bicycles in convoy last weekend in downtown Guadalajara to promote “tattoo culture” and highlight discriminatory practices toward those who chose to paint their bodies.

With Argentina the invited nation at the 2014 International Book Fair (FIL), fewer authors writing in languages other than Spanish were featured this year.

In the eyes of many observers, the fact the world’s second biggest book fair takes place each year in Guadalajara is something of an aberration. Put bluntly, this city is not renowned for its endearment of the written word.

New taxi models offering passengers greater security and comfort will hit the streets of Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta in December and January.

From Monday, Guadalajara residents will get their first taste of the new bicycle sharing system, Mi Bici, as 860 of the red bicycles start appearing at 86 stations throughout a 24-block zone of the city center.

Students from the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdG) this week took the unusual step of informing their teachers they would be heading outdoors to take some their classes in Guadalajara’s most well-known public plazas.