The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The days are beginning to wind down toward the keenly anticipated celebration known here as noche buena, or Christmas Eve, when Mexican families congregate en masse, dress up, dine well and exchange gifts.
Accomplished Chapala artist Miguel Mora de la Torre was among 13 senior citizens selected to receive the 2022 Galardón Adulto Mayor Distinguido awarded by Jalisco’s Family Development Agency (DIF) to recognize lifetime achievement in various fields.
Gossip obsessed UK royal watchers will no doubt be tuning into the latest monarchical soap, “Harry & Megan,” which debuted this week on Netflix.
Guests at an exclusive Guadalajara hotel were shocked to learn that a couple had been shot to death in one of the rooms by a suspected hit man.
Despite further snags affecting the construction of the 1,500-kilometer Tren Maya tourist train line on the Yucatan peninsula, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador expressed confidence this week that the major infrastructure project will be opened on time by the end of 2023.
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro was on hand December 1 to cut the ribbon at the first specialized HIV/AIDS treatment center in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara.
The Illusionante Christmas festival begins December 8 in downtown Guadalajara and will include concerts, carnival rides, fireworks displays, video mapping projections on buildings, an ice skating rink, a Christmas market, Santa’s factory, and a full-size nacimiento (nativity scene).
The Salvando Vidas program to detect drunk drivers is being stepped up over the holiday season, operating on daily basis, in the daytime and at night, during the whole of December, and through to January 7.
The Guadalajara City Council is allowing developers to erect high-rise residential buildings on several lots located on the periphery of the historic center.
