The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
According to a recent Gallup poll, Mexico is the world’s fourth happiest country, following on the heels of, from third to first, the Philippines, Colombia and Fiji.
A vocal group of opponents to Mexico’s polemic Interior Security Law staged a demonstration last Sunday to highlight what some consider to be the first step in establishing a military dictatorship in the country.
In spite of the rising price of agave, 2017 has witnessed a record production of tequila, which, according to the Tequila Regulatory Council (CRT), peaked at 254.1 million liters at the end of November.
The U.S. State Department has updated its travel advisory for Mexico, which among other things strongly councils caution when traveling to Jalisco and includes dire warnings to stay away from five states: Colima, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Guerrero and Tamaulipas.
A tour bus carrying 27 tourists of various nationalities flipped over on a highway in the state of Quintana Roo Tuesday, killing 12 people.
Newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic reported this week that Jeremy Corbyn, the left-of-center leader of the United Kingdom’s opposition Labour Party, spent Christmas and the New Year in Mexico with his Mexican wife Laura Alvarez.
In less than six months Mexico will go to the polls to elect a new president. And December is traditionally the month when parties roll out their candidates, setting the scene for a campaign that kicks into top gear in early February.
In an election year, the specter of rising prices is never good news for the ruling party.
Employees in Mexico will be expecting a little extra in their pay packet prior to Christmas. The aguinaldo (Christmas bonus) is a long-standing tradition in Mexico and is specified in Article 87 of the Federal Labor Law.
