The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
An army of female inspectors will take to the streets next month as Jalisco authorities step up efforts to clamp down on drinking and driving, considered the major cause of traffic accidents in the state, particularly in the Guadalajara metropolitan area.
The Expo Guadalajara has been chosen as the venue for the International Astronautical Congress in 2016.
The Fiestas de Octubre opening parade takes place Sunday, October 6, starting 10 a.m. from the Agua Azul Park and running along Avenida 16 de Septiembre and Alcalde to La Normal traffic circle.
Zapopan police detained a feckless mother on Saturday for leaving her baby boy in a vacant yard just hours after giving birth.
Three Nobel Prize winners are set to grace the halls at this year’s International Book Fair (FIL), the largest literary festival on the continent.
The U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara continues to work on its regular schedule despite the partial government shutdown in the United States provoked by the budget battle between the Republican-controlled Congress and President Barack Obama. Visa appointment times will remain the same and citizen’s services are not being affected, this newspaper has been informed.
Former Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez spent 2.5 million dollars on studies to build a third Tren Ligero (light-rail) line to the Tlajomulco suburbs that federal officials are now saying they never considered a viable option.
About 200 people took part in a demonstration in Guadalajara on Wednesday to mark the 45th anniversary of the infamous Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City.
Around 100 students from Guadalajara’s many private schools protested the federal government’s proposal to tax private education in the Parque Metropolitano last Sunday.
