The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
It doesn’t take much to gee up Guadalajara denizens into the yuletide spirit. With the city’s emblematic arches (Los Arcos) handsomely decked out in a bow, kiddies are having a blast at downtown’s winter wonderland attraction in the Plaza Liberacion, where they will find a skating rink, sled rides, Ferris wheel and Coca Cola tree.
Downtown Guadalajara has been transformed into a winter wonderland, with a large tree, sledding slope, ice skating rink, nativity scene and Ferris wheel installed in the Plaza Liberacion.
Samuel Joaquin Flores, the 77-year-old leader of the Guadalajara-based evangelical Iglesia Luz del Mundo (Light of the World Church), died Monday after a short illness. Considered by his flock to be a divinely elected apostle of God, he took over leadership of the church at the age of 27 after the death of his father, Aaron Joaquin Gonzalez, in 1964.
A man who caused the death of his nine-month old baby by leaving him for eight hours in the backseat of his car has been released, following the refusal of his wife to press charges.
Mirroring the programs of cities such as New York (Citi Bike), Montreal (Bixi Bike), London (“Boris Bikes”) and Paris (Vélib), Guadalajara’s bike share program (MiBici) kicked off Monday in a selected area of the city center.
The Hospital Infantil Mi Gran Esperanza, Mexico’s first specialist hospital for children with cancer, is 80 percent complete and will open its doors next year in Tlajomulco, says its director Dr. Luis Antonio Alanís Villareal.
Measures are to be taken to protect the Guadalajara Metropolitan Cathedral from any damage caused by the construction of the city’s third subway (Tren Ligero) line.
More than 400,000 church members have visited Guadalajara this week to pay their respects to Samuel Joaquin Flores, the 77-year-old leader of the Guadalajara-based evangelical Iglesia Luz del Mundo (Light of the World Church), who died Monday after a short illness.
Regional airline Aeromar has resumed weekday flights from the Guadalajara International Airport to Puebla and Veracruz.
