The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Mexico’s Supreme Court has struck down local government ordinances in several Jalisco municipalities that restrict children from partaking in soccer and other street games in their neighborhoods—traditions as old as the invention of urban life in Mexico.
The relatives of missing persons received some TLC from the Catholic Church’s most senior figure in these parts, when Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega, the archbishop of Guadalajara, presided at a special service dedicated to the disappeared on Sunday, August 27 at the imperious but unfinished Santuario de los Mártires in Cerro del Tesoro neighborhood.
Even as attitudes toward bullfighting (la fiesta brava) change in Mexico, Guadalajara continues to give a green light to this centuries-old tradition.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our August editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
1973
Bing Crosby to bring Women’s Open to GDL
Due to a surge in violent criminal acts in the Los Altos region of northeast Jalisco, the rector of the University Center of Lagos de Moreno (CULagos) has curtailed the institution’s hours in a bid to safeguard students.
For world travelers who need vaccinations as a requirement to enter certain countries, the Jalisco Cruz Roja has two “international vaccination modules” at their disposal.
Amy Scanlon has assumed her role as the new United States Consul General in Guadalajara.
A pet-friendly race to support the Mexican Red Cross will be held simultaneously in 32 cities—including Guadalajara—on Sunday, September 10.
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Guadalajara’s International Mariachi Festival will brings its color, joy and warmth to ten of Jalisco’s 12 Magic Towns (Pueblos Magicos).
