General News

The Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara (UAG) says it will review its policy regarding the placement of medical student interns, following the brutal murder of a 23-year-old intern, together with the driver of a Jalisco Health Department (SSJ) ambulance, which has caused shock and outrage in the state.

María Cristina Ramos, a 45-year-old resident of Zapopan, became the 500,000th person to receive a Covid-19 jab in Jalisco on Wednesday, June 30.

Father Tomás de Híjar of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara this week warned that the Guadalajara Cathedral – just steps from the now closed Edificio Plaza –

Work on Guadalajara’s fourth Tren Ligero (Light Rail) line will begin in October, although the finer details of how the project will be financed are still pending, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro announced this week.

As reports of a collapsed apartment building in Miami dominated the headlines, Guadalajara authorities this week evacuated a building in the city center that experts say could crumble in the event of an earthquake.

Guatemala will be the guest of honor at the 2021 Guadalajara International Film Festival, scheduled from October 1 to 9.

To mark the International Day of Deafblindness (June 27), around 200 embroidered patches were strung around the columns of the Guadalajara Municipal Palace –

To coincide with the 245th birthday of the United States, Eliza F. Al-Laham, the U.S. consul general in Guadalajara, will host a virtual town hall for U.S. citizens on Wednesday, July 7, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. via WebEx.