In Mexico, there’s a saying about the climate, “Febrero loco y Marzo otro poco” (Crazy February and March a bit too). Judging by the wave of unpredictable weather that hit Jalisco this week, there certainly seems to be some truth to the dicho. 

In a groundbreaking accomplishment last week, 27 young men and women from the Wixarika (Huichol) native Indian people of northern Jalisco and Nayarit graduated with law degrees after more than three years of study at the University of Guadalajara.

The pioneering Niuweme Project had been hailed as the first of its kind in Mexico for indigenous people.  During their studies, the students received specialist orientation in human rights, and worked closely with the Jalisco Commission for Human Rights (CEDH). 

CEDH President Felipe Alvarez Cibrian congratulated the students on their achievement and said he was sure they would take their knowledge back to their homes, and fight for human rights in their communities.

More than 50 of Jalisco’s leading business leaders met with Mexican President Enrique Peñã Nieto during a visit to Guadalajara made prior to his state visit to the United Kingdom.

Jalisco lawmaker Roberto Mendoza last week submitted a bill to Congress hat he says will allow those suffering with a terminal illness to “die with dignity.” 

Talking on the phone and texting at the wheel aren’t the only “no-nos” that can distract drivers and provoke accidents, some Jalisco state legislators are pointing out.

Recently videos posted online show a man feeding and petting crocodiles in the Boca Negra estuary in the area between the Airport and the mouth of the Rio Ameca on Banderas Bay in Puerto Vallarta. He has even invited tourists to mount crocodiles and have their photo taken.