Israel takes center stage as city’s vast Book Fair kicks off
Israeli President Shimon Peres will lead a major cultural delegation to the International Book Fair (FIL), which opens Saturday, November 30 in Guadalajara.
Israeli President Shimon Peres will lead a major cultural delegation to the International Book Fair (FIL), which opens Saturday, November 30 in Guadalajara.
Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval broke with protocol Monday during Guadalajara’s annual parade to mark the Mexican Revolution.
The municipality of Zapopan has launched a ground-breaking program to get its 150,000 “ni-nis” off the streets and into a productive activity.
An “unqualified success” was how a senior Jalisco traffic official described the first weekend of the state government’s much-publicized crackdown on driving while intoxicated.
Speaking recently about the progress of the ambitious Santuario de los Martires (Martyrs’ Sanctuary), Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez, the former archbishop of Guadalajara, said while work on the church structure is almost 80 percent complete, the total project, including all the adjacent infrastructure, has advanced by a mere 20 percent.
Intense early morning fog enveloped a wide swath of the metropolitan area causing flight delays at the Guadalajara International Airport.
Anyone who would like to learn more about Israel and its history and culture should head down to the Expo Guadalajara between November 30 and December 8, when the Middle Eastern country is the guest of honor at the humongous Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), the biggest literary event of its kind in the world.
A man who had just left a pawn shop with reclaimed jewels was shot to death aboard a city bus in a botched assault. The incident occurred on a 51A bus on Avenida Guadalupe, near Rafael Sanzio.
Authorities hope that some 6,000 taxi drivers will register for the “Taxi Seguro” program discouraging drinkers from getting behind the wheels of their vehicles.