General News

El Gordo Festival

Get ready for the 2025 El Gordo Festival (Fat Man Festival), happening on November 29 and 30 at the Metropolitano Park (near the Yellow Towers entrance) in Zapopan.

Personnel from the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT), the Ministry of Defense, and the private Ferromex rail company recently evaluated the railway track extending from Guadalajara’s main train station on Avenida Washington to the small town of La Capilla del Refugio in the municipality of Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos.

The editors and readers of the upscale travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler clearly have a soft spot for Jalisco. The renowned publication has included Guadalajara in its highly anticipated annual list, “The Best Places to Go in 2026,” which highlights 28 of the most inspiring destinations to visit next year.

Jalisco has recorded its first fatality from measles, health officials confirmed Tuesday. The victim, an 11-month-old girl from a family of migrant farm workers from Guerrero, died at a Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) hospital in Arandas.

Striking a tone that blended sober acknowledgment of profound challenges with a confident report on his administration’s first-year achievements, Governor Pablo Lemus Navarro presented his First Government Report on Saturday.

The Jalisco government will extend the operating hours of its tax offices (recaudadores) in the coming weeks to accommodate car owners who have not yet exchanged their license plates within the designated time periods this year.

The Jalisco government is launching an initiative to promote positive narratives and practices of masculinity, with a focus on engaging men and boys in advancing gender equality.

Where was the world’s largest Day of the Dead altar found last week? Two municipalities in Jalisco are claiming the title.