The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
GDLUZ suspended Friday
Due to the threat of rain, the nighttime GDLuz sound and light festival in downtown Guadalajara will be suspended on Friday, February 16. It will resume as normal on Saturday, and last an additional day, ending on Monday, February 18, instead of Sunday.
Highway heists highlighted
Truck drivers staged a peaceful protest last week at kilometer 40 of the Guadalajara-Morelia highway to highlight the insecurity they face each day on Jalisco roads.
Vino virtuosos and amateur aficionados have the choice of two festivals over the next month, offering the opportunity for both education and enjoyment.
Mexico will send more than 110,000 tons of avocado to help feed sports fans during the 2024 Super Bowl on Sunday, February 11.
If browsing and buying plants and flowers gets you excited then make sure you head over to the Parque Metropolitano in Zapopan Thursday, February 15 through Sunday, February 18 for the Festival Flores y Colores de México.
Seven young persons from the Palestine Solidarity Committee of Guadalajara were arrested after painting a mural with the words “Free Palestine” on the facade of the Channel 13 media outlet, located beside the Rambla Cataluña and the Universidad de Guadalajara rectory building.
The Zapopan city hall is staging a “Love Fest” to allow children to explore “different ways of loving to counteract the violent context in Mexico and the world.”
The Jalisco government’s Directorate of Sexual Diversity has launched a new online platform aimed specifically at the LGBT community in the state.
It’s just a coincidence that February 14 (Valentine’s Day or Dia del Amor y Amistad in Mexico) falls on the same day Guadalajara celebrates the 482nd anniversary of its founding in 1542.
