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Cardinals at odds over light train

The city’s third Tren Ligero (light train or subway) line should not run through the downtown area anywhere near the Metropolitan Cathedral, says Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñíguez, the former archbishop of Guadalajara. 


Giant altar to go up in Agua Azul

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.”

City cemetery by day and night

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. 

Jabil workers protest

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.