The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Just prior to the U.S. presidential election, Agustín Carstens, the respected governor of Mexico’s central bank, had warned that victory for Donald Trump would be akin to a “hurricane” for this country’s economy.
Reports suggest the emergency situation in the Caribbean island of Haiti is worsening following the massive destruction caused by Hurricane Matthew earlier this month.
Famed Mexican ranchero singer Vicente Fernandez has thrown his support behind Hillary Clinton by releasing a music video in which he urges Latinos to join forces to ensure victory for the Democratic presidential candidate in November.
Which would be the more shocking, some Americans are saying – Donald Trump winning the White House or the high-flying Chicago Cubs lifting the World Series?
The three U.S. presidential and one vice presidential debates will run from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Central, and take place on the following dates:
Matthew Hurley, the latest senior U.S. Foreign Service officer to land in Guadalajara, looks set to be a busy man over the next three years.
“We’re starting to panic,” remarked a gray-haired gentleman standing in a long line of folks who showed up last Tuesday at the Lake Chapala Society (LCS).
Millions of Americans and others around the world were transfixed to their televisions and computers Monday as the two major candidates vying to be the next leader of the free world traded blows during an often surreal debate that prompted one expat in Chapala to observe, “The United States has 340,000 million people and two bad candidates.”
The festival of Rosh Hashanah (the name means head of the year) will be observed for two days by members of the Jewish faith beginning on 1 Tishrei, (the first day of the year in the Jewish calendar), which this year corresponds to October 3.
