The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The American School Foundation of Guadalajara (ASFG)officially inaugurated the first stage of its major renovation project on October 22, with a ceremony attended by 300 people, including Guadalajara Mayor Pablo Lemus and U.S. Consul General Eliza Al-Laham.
Tickets are still available for the final three programs in the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (OFJ) fall season of concerts at the elegant Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara.
ANIMALS SEIZED AT FLEA MARKET
Around 30 officials from various Guadalajara City Hall departments seized 30 animals being offered for sale in last Sunday’s huge Baratillo flea market, located on the eastern side of the metropolitan area.
The indigenous community of Mezcala has triumphed in a two-decade struggle to recuperate 20 hectares of ancestral lands that were usurped by a Guadalajara entrepreneur.
Between October 2020 and September 2021, the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions (AMIS) received 62,583 reports of thefts of insured vehicles.
An artist in Zapotlanejo puts the finishing touches on a giant calavera (skull), one of 20 that will be exhibited around the Jalisco municipality as part of the town’s scaled-back annual Day of the Dead Festival, which this year will be dedicated to victims of Covid-19.
With Day of the Dead activities gearing up amid falling Covid cases, Guadalajara’s oldest and most picturesque cemetery, the Panteón de Belén, is once more admitting visitors.
The annual Guadalajara marathon will take place on Sunday, December 12, after being cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Municipal authorities in the Guadalajara metropolitan area and other parts of Jalisco will be keeping a close eye on crowds descending on graveyards to pay their respects to departed loved ones, as is the custom on the Days of the Dead, November 1 and 2.
