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Etzatlan canopy coming to Centro

Whatever Zapopan can do, Guadalajara can do better (or the same)! That seems to be the mantra these days, as the two municipalities vie for top dog status in the Guadalajara metropolitan area.

Christmas markets up & running

• Guadalajara’s largest and oldest tianguis navideño (65 years and counting) has been installed in the Jardin del Refugio on Calzada Federalismo, across from the Refugio Tren Ligero station.

Author, journalist enchants fans

The grand dame of Mexican literature, 90-year-old Elena Poniatowska, returned to the International Book Fair (FIL) to promote her latest book, “El amante polaco” (The Polish Lover), and delight her audience with anecdotes and pearls of wisdom. 

State government boycotts city’s International Book Fair

A protest held outside the Expo Guadalajara during the inauguration of the International Book Fair (FIL) targeted the University of Guadalajara’s Raul Padilla, the longtime president of the event and former rector who, say his detractors, acts as the public institution’s “political supremo” influencing every decision taken at its top level.