General News

Guadalajara is preparing to host yet another major international sporting event—and on this occasion a world championships, no less!

The Virgin of Zapopan is on the road again, touring Lake Chapala’s north shore just two weeks after returning to her home basilica in the annual October 12 pilgrimage from Guadalajara.

Halloween was a bit of a nightmare for many Guadalajara motorists and bus passengers, as “caravans” of motorcyclists out to have fun on the year’s spookiest evening created havoc on the streets.

Candlelight Concerts by Fever is a series of intimate concerts illuminated by candlelight and performed by live musicians in two elegant downtown Guadalajara events venues.

Jalisco Senator Verónica Delgadillo will lead this state’s delegation to the seventh United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27), which begins Sunday, November 6 in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh, and runs until November 18.

Reforms to state transit laws recently approved by Jalisco legislators mean that motorists involved in minor accidents where there are no injuries involved will be able to move their vehicles from the scene of the collision before an adjustor arrives, just as long as both parties are insured and the insurance companies agree.

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our October editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

The fascinating South American country of Colombia has never been closer to Guadalajara, thanks to a new twice-weekly flight to the capital Bogota that got off the ground this week.