The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
With the easing of Covid restrictions, small towns around Jalisco are buzzing once more, many of them busily preparing for their annual festivals in the coming months.
University of Guadalajara (UdeG) Rector Ricardo Villanueva has called on students and faculty to stage “the largest march in the history of Jalisco” on Thursday, May 26.
State police Monday detained 67 people participating in a demonstration held by pepenadores (garbage dump waste pickers or scavengers) in the center of Guadalajara.
Some private schools in Guadalajara have decided to make wearing face masks obligatory again, only a week after the state government dropped the mandatory requirement.
For hundreds of mothers whose sons and daughters are missing, May 10 was a difficult day.
For the first time, state and Guadalajara municipal authorities issued a strong statement on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, which is observed May 17 with the aim of raising awareness of LGBT rights violations and stimulating interest in LGBT rights work worldwide.
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The annual exhibition of high-quality handicrafts, gifts and decorations from Mexico and Latin America, brings more than 150 top artesanos to the Centro Cultural El Refugio in Tlaquepaque Thursday, May 12, through Monday, May 16.
As part of the state government’s ongoing Red Jalisco (Jalisco Network) project, 42 free wi-fi spots have been installed in the historic center of Guadalajara, many of them along the two-kilometer stretch of the Paseo Alcalde pedestrian precinct.
Residents of Guadalajara should expect some “significant” isolated downpours this month, although this will not mean the start of the temporada de lluvias (rainy season), which is expected as usual around mid-June, said Claudia Martínez, a meteorologist at the city’s Institute of Astronomy and Meteorology (IAM).
