General News

Traffic officials carried out breath tests on 6,689 motorists in the Guadalajara metropolitan area during the first two weeks of a new program to crack down intoxicated drivers.  That’s already 40 percent of all breathalyzer checks carried out in the state of Jalisco in 2012.

Around 40 people gathered at the Minerva Fountain Friday morning to protest the presence of Israel as the invited country at this year's International Book Fair (FIL).

International Book Fair (FIL) President Raul Padilla received the medal of Chevalier of the French National Order of the Legion of Honor from Elisabeth Beton Delegue, France's ambassador to Mexico, at a ceremony held Tuesday in the Universidad de Guadalajara rectory. 

The Feria Internacional del Libro (FIL) opens to the public at Expo Guadalajara from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on November 30 and December 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

Guadalajara’s municipal government has joined the United Nations-Habitat’s “I’m a City Changer” or “Yo Mejoro Mi Ciudad” campaign to improve cities around the world.

Schoolchildren in Guadalajara are taking part in a new social experiment that allows them to have a say in how municipal funds should be allocated.

Thousands of readers, authors and other book and culture enthusiasts streamed into the Expo Guadalajara for the opening of the massive Feria Internacional del Libro (FIL) this weekend. With Israel this year’s guest country, a highlight of the weekend was the Saturday night conversation between Israeli President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres and former Spanish president Felipe Gonzalez.

Hundreds of vendors at the San Juan de Dios market in downtown Guadalajara abandoned their stalls for several hours to block major city center arteries in protest at the municipal government’s inability to control the spread of unlicensed traders who sell merchandize in the streets and plazas surrounding the landmark commercial center.