General News

Scaffolding now envelops Guadalajara’s iconic Minerva statue as experts this week began preliminary examination of the public monument prior to a major makeover.

All those interested in knowing more about Guadalajara, as well as making reservations, might wish to take a peek at new internet/smartphone/tablet platform launched this week by the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area Tourism Trust (fideicomiso).

U.S. company Uber is about to launch its Uberpool service in Guadalajara which will give its taxi passengers significant discounts on fares by matching them with other riders traveling in the same direction.

In observance of July the Fourth, the U.S. Citizen Services office at the consulate in Guadalajara is encouraging voters residing locally to take steps to vote in the November election.

“Bantu,” a 25-year-old gorilla at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City, died Thursday after being sedated prior to a scheduled journey to the Guadalajara Zoo.

Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has ordered his state attorney general to speed up an investigation into the alleged beating death of a 38-year-old man who objected to a woman who had parked her car blocking a ramp for the disabled. 

The American Society of Jalisco (AMSOC) is celebrating U.S. Independence Day Thursday, July 7, from noon to 3 p.m. with a picnic style menu of grilled hamburgers, potato salad, ranch beans and sundaes.

A new program that see some surgeries carried out on weekends for the first time is allowing the Jalisco delegation of the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS) to make headway in clearing its backlog of pending operations.