The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
August 22 is a red-letter day for Mexican firefighters, a date commemorated nationwide marking the anniversary of the founding of the country’s first fire department in the Port of Veracruz in 1873.
Drone piloting is an emerging niche in today’s labor market and demand for qualified operators is bound to grow in coming years.
If you’re not already acquainted with Chapala’s Bambu Warriors, meet Christian Robertson and Geraldo Padilla, a bi-national pair of foot soldiers dedicated to battling global warming and environmental deterioration with a perennial evergreen belonging to the grass family as their decisive weapon.
Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre has announced he will deliver the traditional Grito de Independencia from the City Hall balcony on the night of September 15, regardless of the ongoing reconstruction of Avenida Madero.
The lush grounds of Ajijic’s Garden of Dreams boutique B&B proved to be a splendid setting as the new venue for the Ajijic Society of the Arts (ASA) once-a-month Art Market.
Luis Sánchez, lead singer with Mariachi Real Axixic, is listed among the ten finalists competing for the title La Voz del Encuentro in this year’s International Mariachi Festival, which runs from August 25 through September 4.
Women from lakeshore communities who have learned business skills to start up their own enterprises will be putting their products on the market at the Expo-Bazar taking place Monday and Tuesday, August 15 and 16, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on the esplanade outside Vinos y Licores Paz, off the highway at Calle Independencia 163, San Antonio Tlayacapan.
Meet the perky gal who makes one-of-a-kind eyeglass frames made from discarded skateboards. And the Holy Mary artisans who produce soul-soothing scented candles in reusable hand-blown drinking glasses.
It will be ready, set, go on Sunday, August 28 when runners line up at the Ajijic waterfront for back-to-back races in the seventh edition of Ultra Trail Campanaria competition.
