A fashion salute to Guadalajara
Making waves on the inaugural runway at this week’s Intermoda fashion expo were some spectacular designs honoring some of Guadalajara’s most heralded landmarks created by local fashionista María Rosario Mendoza of the Takasami fashion house in Guadalajara (www.takasami.com.mx).

A Guadalajara city councilor – once tipped to become the first female governor of Jalisco – is facing criminal charges for breaking into her own office this week.
The Rainbow Warrior, the flagship of the environmental organization Greenpeace, will be docked in Puerto Vallarta from Saturday, January 11 through Tuesday, January 14 and will be welcoming aboard visitors.
The posada season of December 2013 will be one that 52-year-old mariachi violinist José Armando Gomez Espinoza will never forget.
The Guadalajara airport is expanding a terminal and adding more space in immigration to prepare for more international travelers.
Despite the inclement climate, some 200 people staged a protest over the holiday condemning the recent one-peso hike in city bus fares. The protestors unfurled this banner pointing out that someone earning a minimum wage will pay 20 percent of his/her earnings on a mere two buses a day.