The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
With the doorstep conversations, leaflet distribution, banner hanging, umbrella gifting, TV coverage and endless photos of raised thumbs, it would be hard not to notice that the Mexican elections are coming up. Yet what is most striking about the fervent, impassioned campaigning is the sheer lack of politics on show in the run up to the June 7 national and legislative elections.
Although the upcoming elections are occupying the minds of most Mexicans and media outlets, activists in Guadalajara seeking answers over the disappearance of 43 students in the state of Guerrero last year made sure this week that the eight-month anniversary of the incident was not forgotten.
The MiBici bike share program rolled out in downtown Zapopan this week with little fanfare.
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.
Emilio Gonzalez Marquez, the former governor of Jalisco, is to be expelled from the National Action Party (PAN) for “betraying” his political colleagues.
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.
