The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Officers from various local police forces brought smiles to hundreds of children’s faces during pre-Christmas gift giveaways held across the Guadalajara metropolitan area.
Head into downtown Guadalajara on the evening of Monday, December 31 for a traditional fireworks display to see in the new year.
(Top photo) As promised, around 130 brand-new garbage trucks rolled out onto the streets of Guadalajara on December 18, as the city council assumed control of trash collection and disposal after three decades of private companies managing the service.
Although some residents reported that their trash remained uncollected, Guadalajara Mayor Verónica Delgadillo explained that a few glitches were inevitable during the transition. However, she assured citizens that they would see significant improvements in the service within three months.
(Bottom photo) Delgadillo joined 1,300 volunteers on Saturday, December 14 to help clean up a 2.3-kilometer stretch of railway tracks alongside Avenida Inglaterra in Colonia Jardines del Bosque.
The initiative, known as “Saturday of Co-Responsibility,” brings together public officials and private citizens to undertake cleanup tasks in different parts of the municipality. “Workers, police officers, firefighters, students and neighbors are here, and we are all sowing a seed of awareness,” Delgadillo said. “The government is responsible for cleaning public spaces, but the people of Guadalajara also have to do their part.”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is expected to make her first visit to Jalisco since taking office on Friday, December 27.
I’d be satisfied visiting MUSA, the University of Guadalajara’s Museo de las Artes, just by walking up its Art Deco staircases or seeing the Orozco murals above its auditorium.
La Flor de Noche Buena, better known as poinsettia to English-speakers, is the holiday season’s most popular decorative plant. It flourishes this time of year in Mexico, its native land.
Guadalajara’s Lunaria Planetarium reopened last week after a 32-million-peso (approximately $US1.57 million) renovation, enhancing its interior and exterior with a variety of new activities and attractions.
The first recipient of a bipulmonary transplant (bilateral lung transplant) in Jalisco and Western Mexico was discharged from the hospital this week following his life-saving surgery in November.
Starting December 11, Viva Aerobus has launched four new routes to U.S. cities from the Guadalajara International Airport.
