A frustrated student from Monterrey went off script and criticized the government while delivering the closing address at the 11th International Business Summit held at the Expo Guadalajara this week.

The city’s third Tren Ligero (light train or subway) line should not run through the downtown area anywhere near the Metropolitan Cathedral, says Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñíguez, the former archbishop of Guadalajara. 

Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval plans to introduce a second Macrobus line on Guadalajara’s notoriously dangerous Periferico beltway.

Next weekend, Guadalajara city hall hopes to erect the biggest altar to the dead Jalisco (and perhaps Mexico) has ever seen in the Agua Azul Park.  The effort is part of a campaign to regenerate interest in this downtown Guadalajara park that once was the pride and joy of the “City of the Roses.”

The Day of the Dead has little to do with morbidity. Not only is it a way for Mexicans to poke some fun at death – a natural stage in the life cycle, we often forget – but in so doing they also convey a great respect for life. 

The historic Arcediano footbridge crossing the Santiago River to the north of Guadalajara has reopened to the public at weekends and on holidays.