General News

Dozens of well-tattooed people rode bicycles in convoy last weekend in downtown Guadalajara to promote “tattoo culture” and highlight discriminatory practices toward those who chose to paint their bodies.

From Monday, Guadalajara residents will get their first taste of the new bicycle sharing system, Mi Bici, as 860 of the red bicycles start appearing at 86 stations throughout a 24-block zone of the city center.

With Argentina the invited nation at the 2014 International Book Fair (FIL), fewer authors writing in languages other than Spanish were featured this year.

Students from the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdG) this week took the unusual step of informing their teachers they would be heading outdoors to take some their classes in Guadalajara’s most well-known public plazas.

In the eyes of many observers, the fact the world’s second biggest book fair takes place each year in Guadalajara is something of an aberration. Put bluntly, this city is not renowned for its endearment of the written word.

Mothers from Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras whose children disappeared in Mexico led a procession through the streets of Guadalajara Wednesday to the Zapopan Basilica. 

New taxi models offering passengers greater security and comfort will hit the streets of Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta in December and January.

Feted by Governor Aristoteles Sandoval at the Casa Jalisco this week was Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia. Sandoval reportedly gave Wales a rundown on how Jalisco has become Mexico’s science and technology leader.