The Guadalajara Reporter
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Although various private “pub crawls” are available to tourists, Guadalajara City Hall offers a free tour of a few of downtown’s most memorable cantinas, accompanied by a mariachi band, on the last Thursday of each month.
On a cold and rainy morning Wednesday, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro applauded Iidea Company founder and president Alvaro Cheto on a one-billion-peso (almost $US50 millon) investment in stainless steel tanks at the 45-hectare Almer warehouse facility in Guadalajara’s Industrial zone.
Democrats Abroad Guadalajara celebrates U.S. Independence on Saturday, July 2, from noon to 4 p.m. in Colonia Seattle, with traditional foods, plus a chili cookoff contest. Enjoy hamburgers (veggie too!), hot dogs, corn, watermelon and pie.
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard has confirmed to members of his Morena party that he will be a candidate for the presidency in 2024.
A near frenzy of media accompanied the reopening of the Casa de las Artesanias (House of Handicrafts) June 11, when Jalisco Governor Alfaro headed a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour marking major renovations valued at 18 million pesos ($US900,000).
More than 1,000 people gathered on the Paseo Alcalde facing the Plaza de Armas and Guadalajara Cathedral Sunday, June 26 (International Day of Yoga), to take a “macro yoga class,” taught by Ramseh Kumar, India’s consul in Guadalajara.
Man electrocuted
A man died after being electrocuted outside the Kentucky Fried Chicken on the corner of Avenidas Patria and Rio Nilo in Tonala, after he touched a downed power line.
Guadalajara’s Centro de Control Animal is undergoing major remodeling, the first stage of which Mayor Pablo Lemus reckons will be ready in about four months.
Naasón Joaquín García, the spiritual leader of the Guadalajara-based Luz del Mundo Church jailed last week for the sexual abuse of three minors, has told his five million followers to “turn the page” and asked for their support.
