No-frills ‘romeria’ to go ahead
Even a global pandemic won’t prevent the beloved Virgin of Zapopan from making her annual pilgrimage back to her home base in the Zapopan Basilica, a procession known as the “Romeria.”
Even a global pandemic won’t prevent the beloved Virgin of Zapopan from making her annual pilgrimage back to her home base in the Zapopan Basilica, a procession known as the “Romeria.”
Artists this week got to work on the Traza Jalisco project that will see murals painted on 110 of the 377 columns of the elevated third Tren Ligero (light train) line traversing the Guadalajara metro area.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our September editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
Dressed mainly in black, and wearing the green bandanas that have become the symbol of the pro-choice movement in Latin America, some 500 women marched in downtown Guadalajara on September 28 to mark International Safe Abortion Day.
The first of 46 “stations” are going up in the “Mi Macro Periférico” project that will see the entire central divider of the 41.5-kilometer Guadalajara ring road converted into a bus lane.
The federal section of Guadalajara’s Puente Grande prison, famed for drug capo Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s first daring jailbreak, is closing, the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection announced Sunday.
The Nariz Roja (Red Nose) charity that supports children with cancer has opened a multi-functional albergue (shelter) in downtown Guadalajara.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our September editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
Around 200 women belonging to feminist activist groups stormed Guadalajara’s Rotunda of Illustrious Citizens Wednesday in a protest they described as an “anti-Grito,” to draw attention to Mexico’s disturbingly high incidence of gender-based violence.