The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Revolucion or Rojo, whatever you prefer to call the iconic Guadalajara park at Juarez and Federalismo, is in the process of getting a new image, although many observers wonder if the effort – and money – has been worth it.
As it awaits its launch in Zapopan later this month, the MiBici bike share program still has a long way to go to become accepted in the hearts and minds of Tapatios.
When Josefina M. was cold-called by the Green Party of Mexico (PVEM), she politely responded to their telephone survey, answering questions on crime, education, jobs and other issues.
Victims and those affected by the April 22, 1992 sewer line explosions that killed more than 200 people in working class areas of Guadalajara gathered this week to mark the tragedy’s 23rd anniversary.
The private lives of public figures rarely make the front pages of Mexico’s “established” journals. An unwritten rule for many newspaper editors is to leave dirty laundry well hidden away from the public glare.
Truck drivers who have been hauling away rubble from the new Guadalajara Tren Ligero (subway) construction site parked their rigs in the city center to demand payment from the state government dating back from the start of the work seven months ago. According to the owners of some 150 trucks, drivers have made some 10,000 trips to the Picachos dump for which they have not received a single peso.
Members of the animal advocacy group Igualdad Animal staged a silent protest in Guadalajara’s Plaza de Armas on Saturday, April 4 to highlight what they say is the mistreatment of horses that pull the traditional carriages (calandrias) through the streets of the city center. The protestors also handed out more than 1,000 leaflets detailing the “inhumane abuse” the horses suffer as they take tourists through the traffic-filled historic downtown area. Calandria owners– and many city officials – dispute the activists’ claims, pointing out that the horses are in good health and subject to regular veterinary examinations.
It’s not just citizens in the United States who are using their cell phones to document abuses by law-enforcement officials.
A Guadalajara traffic cop is behind bars after he allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old student who was filming him soliciting a bribe from the driver of a city bus.
The huge inflatable water slides installed in Guadalajara’s Plaza de Liberacion and Plaza Universidad over the Easter holiday were not only criticized by many Tapatiosas an “eyesore” but failed to attract the large numbers of participants as in previous years. Only 60,000 people used the slides, way below the sponsor’s target of 800,000. The installations also consumed a huge amount of water: 200,000 liters. The exercise cost the sponsor around three million pesos.
