The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
CORRIDO CONTEST
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced plans to launch a contest for corrido bands, aiming to promote a version of the traditional Mexican musical genre that celebrates cultural themes without glorifying violence or misogyny, as is often the case in current lyrics.
After nearly 20 years, the Hard Rock Café has returned to Guadalajara, now located within the Hard Rock Hotel at the intersection of Avenidas Lázaro Cárdenas and Vallarta.
On Saturday two members of Guadalajara’s Girl Scouts of America troop (USAGSO GDL) are absorbed in their huge set of colored markers as they craft 60 individual greeting cards and name tags to go inside backpacks filled with toys going to underprivileged children at Christmas time.
For the first time in its history, the University of Guadalajara (UdeG)—Mexico’s second-largest public university—will be led by a female rector.
Around 50 residents of the Arenales Tapatíos neighborhood in Zapopan staged a protest at the corner of Avenida Guadalupe and the Periférico on November 22, demanding justice for the death of a disabled young man, who they say was assaulted by officers of the National Guard.
Amid reports of approximately 30 missing persons linked to the New Guadalajara Bus Station (Central Camionera Nueva), Tlaquepaque Mayor Laura Imelda Pérez Segura announced an initiative to send to the Jalisco Congress, proposing a law requiring all travelers—departing and arriving at the facility—to present official identification, similar to airport protocols.
The African dominance of the Guadalajara Marathon was broken on Sunday when two hometown sisters claimed podium finishes in the women’s race.
A brazen criminal gang raided a Guadalajara police station on November 26, stealing 24 handguns of various calibers and two long-barreled firearms.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our November editions 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago.
1964
New US Consulate building to open soon
