The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Representatives of onstruction firms hired to work on venues for the 2011 Pan American Games demonstrated outside the state Government Palace this week demanding to be paid around 350 million pesos (29million dollars) they say they are owed.
Just before he left office in March Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez negotiated a loan, part of which was to be used to pay off the government’s Pan American Games debts.
As hundreds of fans watched famed rejoneador Pablo Hermosa de Mendoza fight bulls astride his horse at a ring in Tlaquepaque on Saturday, a small but no less significant number of activists protested at what they called “a brutal spectacle.”
Members of Igualdad Animal y Sociedad en Rechazo de las Corridas had criticized Tlaquepaque Mayor Alfredo Barba for promoting the bullfight, suggesting that his position of authority warranted neutrality on the divisive issue.
If you’re a city dweller and have wondered why that hacking cough is taking so long to clear up, a new study on air pollution might explain your plight.
Guadalajara is now the most polluted large city in Latin America, according to an investigation by the Clean Air Institute released last week.
Taking his cue from other major urban centers around the world, Guadalajara Mayor Ramiro Hernandez announced a plan to introduce a public bicycle sharing program operating out of 50 docking stations in the city center.
New private shuttle services to the Guadalajara Airport can save money on taxis, especially for the single traveler.
Former Guadalajara police officers chained themselves to railings at city hall Monday and began a hunger strike to protest losing their jobs earlier this year.
“If we’re going to die then we would prefer to do it here,” said former commander Juan Carlos Martinez Sevilla, a 16-year police force veteran who was fired after failing psychological and integrity evaluations mandated by the federal government.
Residents of Colonia Camino Real put on their painting overalls last weekend as they took steps to make crossing the street in their neighborhood a much safer exercise.
If you are a regular, or even sporadic user of Guadalajara’s public transport system, now is your chance to have a say in its future.
The state government has proposed a massive overhaul in the way the metro area’s bus transportation network is managed and operated. But it wants the opinions of citizens.
Twelve years since construction began, the main congregation hall of Guadalajara’s elaborate Martyrs’ Temple (Santuario de los Martires) is now 70 percent complete and the entire project could be finished within three years.
