The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Next weekend, Guadalajara city hall hopes to erect the biggest altar to the dead Jalisco (and perhaps Mexico) has ever seen in the Agua Azul Park. The effort is part of a campaign to regenerate interest in this downtown Guadalajara park that once was the pride and joy of the “City of the Roses.”
The Day of the Dead has little to do with morbidity. Not only is it a way for Mexicans to poke some fun at death – a natural stage in the life cycle, we often forget – but in so doing they also convey a great respect for life.
Employees and ex-employees at the Jabil electronic plant outside Guadalajara protested this week at their unfair treatment in the wake falling demand for Blackberry products.
The historic Arcediano footbridge crossing the Santiago River to the north of Guadalajara has reopened to the public at weekends and on holidays.
Free breast cancer detection tests will be carried out in the Plaza Tapatia on Saturday October 19 – Breast Cancer Awareness Day.
More than 6,000 people were evacuated from their homes and offices and 15 schools were closed after natural gas leaked from an underground distribution pipe on Guadalajara’s Avenida Cruz del Sur on Wednesday morning.
Four members of a gang of bank robbers responsible for at least a quarter of Jalisco’s total of 120 heists this year are under lock and key, Attorney General Carlos Najera announced this week.
More than 3,000 Guadalajara bus drivers will receive a 40-hour crash course to help them improve their driving techniques and social skills for dealing with the public.
Some Guadalajara Spanish-language newspapers reported that 2.5 million people assembled to watch the colorful procession honoring the revered statue of the Virgin of Zapopan on October 12. Among the distinguished guests was Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio (the Pope’s envoy) to Mexico.
