The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
New legislation approved by the Jalisco State Congress obliges two public health agencies to develop policies to attend to people with potential suicidal tendencies.
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro reacted swiftly to the widespread criticism that greeted the state government’s proposed sale of the abandoned Villas Panamericanas (2011 Pan American Games athletes’ village) to a private consortium.
The eight-year saga of the polemic 2011 Pan American Games athletes’ village – empty ever since the sporting event ended – could finally be coming to an end.
Maybe.
Guadalajara is one of five Mexican cities chosen to benefit from Future Cities (Ciudades del Futuro), an initiative that forms part of the Prosperity Fund Programme sponsored by the British Embassy in Mexico City.
Guadalajara’s penchant for setting Guinness records continued last weekend, as 882 exquisitely dressed folk dancers created an amazing spectacle in the Plaza de la Liberación.
As usual, the International Mariachi Festival parade last Sunday was a feast of color and emotion.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our August editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
Want to try some of Mexico’s most classic food at this time of year? Then head over to the American Society (Amsoc) for its Mexican Independence Day luncheon on Thursday, September 12, and help yourself to some delicious chiles en nogada.
Zapopan and the state of Jalisco have provided 2.8 million pesos to help 146 homeowners who were inundated by floods August 4 in the southwest neighborhoods of Villas del Ixtepete, Villas Perisur, Mariano Otero, El Fortin, Santa Ana Tepetitlan and El Rehilete.
