The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Canadians heading home to Ontario this summer can live the same emotional experience that Guadalajara basked in back in October 2011, when this city hosted the XVI Pan American Games.
The theme of this year’s huge children’s educational fair, Papirolas, is ‘Artematicas’ – a combination of the Spanish words for art and mathematics. Here pre-schoolers get instruction in some neat dance steps, as well as counting out loud. The fair runs daily through Sunday, May 24 at Expo Guadalajara and is a great place for kids of all ages to have fun. Hours: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Entry: 45 pesos for kids and adults. Address: Av. Mariano Otero 1499 (corner of las Rosas).
Around 1,200 people dressed in white and carrying banners and flowers marched silently through the streets of Guadalajara on Saturday, May 9. The rally was a call to peace following the violent outbreaks of recent weeks.
Baby kissing and hugging are age-old campaign tactics and ones that Ricardo Villanueva, candidate for mayor of Guadalajara for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), is not unwilling to indulge in, especially if the infant in question happens to be wearing the colors of the city’s most popular soccer team – the Chivas.
Strong winds, rain and even hail were reported across the metropolitan area of Guadalajara on Tuesday, May 12. The weather caused flooding, fallen trees and broken traffic lights. Locals and foreigners alike were surprised by the rains, with many assuming that they signal an early start to the annual rainy season.
The MiBici bike share program rolled out in downtown Zapopan this week with little fanfare.
Around 120 spiritual leaders from various countries gathered in Guadalajara this week to reflect on their respective convictions as well as the similarities and differences between them.
Emilio Gonzalez Marquez, the former governor of Jalisco, is to be expelled from the National Action Party (PAN) for “betraying” his political colleagues.
Jalisco corn growers clashed with state police Wednesday during a protest on Avenida Vallarta. The farmers are demanding a 250-peso per ton payment, in addition to their government subsidy, which they receive due to the current low price of corn. Protestors set fire to a tractor on Avenida Gonzalez Gallo before marching up Juarez and Vallarta, in a bid to reach Casa Jalisco, the residence of the Jalisco governor. After a few minor scuffles, a line of police officers blocked their passage, so the demonstrators instead turned around and went downtown to the Government Palace. There, they spoke to representatives of the state government but failed to reach any agreement. The U.S. Consulate General considered the protest of sufficient danger to issue a warning to its citizens via social media to avoid the area. No one was injured, nor were any arrests made.
