The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Hundreds of bus drivers piloting their vehicles blocked the Periferico during the May 1 holiday, calling for a fare hike they see as only fair, considering the rising cost of, among other things, of gas.
Guadalajara’s taxi drivers seem unwilling to give up the fight against the encroachment upon their industry of Uber, the transportation service which has been busy taking over the world since its 2009 founding in San Francisco, California.
Farmers have vowed to stage a march and an all-day protest near the Guadalajara International airport Friday, May 4 to draw attention to what they say is a land grab by the facility’s private operators, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP).
The annual Festival de Mayo, a cultural oleo dispersed around various parts of Guadalajara, returns Friday, May 4 and runs through Friday, May 25.
Guadalajara will be represented in May at the world’s top cinema festival, Cannes.
A popular children’s museum, which went under the knife over a year ago, is nearly done being renovated, with its re-opening scheduled within a month.
How on earth do you make vegan Mexican food, you might ask? Well, the answer to that question may be found at the “Vegan Fest Mx. Festival de Sabores,” this Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29, ensconced in a stately mansion occupied by festival organizer Jardin Americana (Vallarta 1305, two blocks east of Chapultepec) in central Guadalajara.
While May 10, Día de las Madres, is not an official Mexican holiday it ranks of one of the country’s most widely celebrated occasions. The rest of this month is riddled with other special dates.
A non-denominational observance of the National Day of Prayer in the United States will be held at Guadalajara’s American Society (Amsoc) on Thursday, May 3, from 11 to 11:30 p.m.
