General News

Former Jalisco Governor Guillermo Cosio Vidaurri, who saw his political career curtailed in the wake of the April, 1992, sewer line explosions in Guadalajara, died this week at the age of 90.

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

More than 1,900 publishers from 42 countries, and 800 authors from 37 countries, will descend on the city at the end of November to thrill and motivate around 700,000 reading enthusiasts who each year religiously show up at Guadalajara’s mammoth International Book Fair (FIL), the second-largest literary event of its kind in the world.

Uber, Didi, Cabify, Avant, Yaxi, City Drive. There are copious ride-hailing apps to choose from nowadays in Mexico, but one solves boredom during traffic jams with karaoke.

The ninth edition of “El Buen Fin” takes place across the nation Friday, November 15 to Monday, November 18 (the day the national holiday marking the Mexican Revolution will be observed).

Although the number of confirmed dengue cases in Jalisco has fallen slightly over the past two weeks, the mosquitos that carry the disease will remain active until mid-December despite the colder weather, state Health Ministry (SSJ) spokesperson José Mario Amezcua warned this week.

Municipal authorities in Guadalajara and Chapala denied a married same-sex couple, named Alma and Ariana, the right to register their recently born triplets as their own, says Union Diversa de Jalisco, a local LGBT activist/support organization.

Zapopan Mayor Pablo Lemus plants a tree to set in motion the first stage of construction of a brand new green space in the metro-area municipality.