The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our February editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
“A Través de los Ojos de Rusia” (Through the Eyes of Russia), a collection of contemporary paintings, sculptures, matryoshka dolls and textiles which features the work of expats of Russian heritage, is on display at the Museo de las Artes Populares de Jalisco until Friday, March 9.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the left-wing anti-corruption crusader who has run for president of Mexico twice previously, ended his third run’s “pre-campaign” with a rally in Guadalajara last Sunday.
For those who saw the inaugural performance of Guadalajara’s new Festival de Cabaret last Friday, it was clear that this theatrical to-do’s calling isn’t just to provide the public with a good time full of delectable transgression and hilarity —
The second annual Festival of Light kicked off with a blast of visual brilliance and sound Wednesday, February 14, the 476th anniversary of Guadalajara’s founding.
Back in August, 2017, the Reporter published an article which attempted to gauge opinion regarding subway construction along Avenida Alcalde, which has been ongoing since 2011.
Several areas of the the Guadalajara metropolitan area were convulsed by homicides last weekend, many of which were concentrated in El Salto, Tonala and Tlaquepaque, a municipality currently attempting to convince the country’s tourism board to award it “Pueblo Magico” status.
Two buses crashed into each other last Saturday morning at a minor intersection in Guadalajara’s centro historico, leaving 33 people injured. No fatalities were reported.
Eduardo Torres, a 25-year-old Uber driver, was shot dead in Tlajomulco, Monday, his death occurring just moments after co-workers received communications from the man in which he expressed anxiety about the passengers he had picked up in the Puerta de Hierro neighborhood of Zapopan.
