The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In a move greeted with widespread incredulity in Mexico, President Enrique Peña Nieto has bestowed the Aztec Eagle Award on Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, for his role in securing a satisfactory resolution to the recent trilateral trade talks.
“Emotion, uncertainty, hope and fear” was how one Guadalajara radio commentator summed up the mixed mood of the nation this week, just days before Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador takes the oath of office as the next president of Mexico.
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman goes on trial in Brooklyn, New York, November 13 in one of the most anticipated legal happenings of the year.
Robin Matthewman, the new United States Consul General in Guadalajara, advises U.S. citizens who are traveling or living in Mexico to do themselves a favor by registering with the U.S. State Department’s Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP).
A row has broken out after Nicolas Maduro, the polemic president of Venezuela, accepted an invitation to attend the December 1 inauguration of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as the next president of Mexico.
President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will depend on Mexico’s military as a key element of his public security strategy despite his previous fierce criticism of the policies of the country’s past two presidents deploing soldiers and marines in law-enforcement duties.
Mexico’s Supreme Court established a legal precedent for the adult-use of marijuana, as they officially declared cannabis prohibition a violation of Mexicans’ constitutional rights.
Despite the controversy surrounding last month’s public referendum on the future of the new Mexico City airport, President-elect Andres Manual Lopez Obrador intends to repeat the exercise.
The president-elect’s honeymoon with Mexico’s private sector may be over before it has even properly started.
