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In favor of weed: new group takes to the streets

Colectivo 4:20, a Guadalajara-based group created via social media that is campaigning  to legalize marijuana in Mexico, took to the city’s premier avenue this week to disseminate information about the polemic substance.


Primavera Forest has more than 800 owners

The Guadalajara metro area’s green lung, the Bosque de la Primavera, a natural area protected from development by a 1980 presidential decree, has just over 800 owners, including 421 private property owners, about 400 communal agrarian users (ejiditarios) and the state government.

Pan American Games village may become old folks home, hospital

The fate of the of the Villa Panamericana, built on the outskirts of Guadalajara to house athletes and officials participating in the 2011 Pan American Games, is still hanging in the balance.

New center opens to support pregnant girls as young as 10

A government-backed outreach center that provides support, education and accommodation to pregnant girls and young women aged from 10 to 18 has opened in Guadalajara – the first facility of its kind in the country.

Local news media takes a stand

Local print and broadcast journalists take part in a demonstration in Guadalajara’s  Parque Revolucionario Sunday to draw attention to the ongoing climate of violence that has seen more than 140 of their colleagues killed or “disappear” in the past decade in Mexico.

Circus boss defends use of animals

You won’t see any performing animals at the Atayde Hermanos Circus that is now offering daily shows at the Lopez Mateos Explanade (Lopez Mateos and Cubilete).

Woman dies during liposuction

A 42-year-old woman has died during a liposuction procedure at a clinic in Tlaquepaque.