The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins in Mexico on Sunday, April 6 at 2 a.m. Clocks must be turned forward one hour. Most people set their clocks before they head to bed for the night. This means Mexico will be back in sync with the United States and Canada, where DST began three weeks ago.
Mexican real estate transactions, particularly between domestic buyers and sellers, have taken a dip due to new anti-money laundering legislation and a capital gains exemption ceiling that both took effect in January, say real estate professionals.
Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies this week voted to amend the Constitution and raise the minimum working age in the country from 14 to 15.
The final day for payment of the annual vehicle tax (refrendo) while still obtaining a five-percent discount is Monday, March 31. After Monday the full fee of 455 pesos will apply.
The arrest of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been scrutinized in depth by opinion writers both north and south of the border. Here’s a selection of their musings.
The price of limes (limones), a popular, arguably essential ingredient in Mexican cuisine, has shot through the roof in recent months due to an “explosive cocktail” of unfortunate circumstances, say producers.
Thirteen years after he escaped from a high-security prison in Guadalajara, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Mexico’s most-wanted drug cartel leader, is back behind bars.
Many Mexicans still doubt the official version that Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio died from a single bullet fired by a deranged gunman on a muggy March day 20 years ago at a campaign stop in Tijuana.
One may have supposed that the humble Monarch butterfly would not register high in importance on the agendas of the “Tres Amigos” meeting in Toluca this weekend, but Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto managed to find time to recognize the plight of this trilateral “treasure” and vowed to step up efforts to safeguard their existence.
