General News

Jalisco will go ahead with its 2023/24 public school curriculum without the free textbooks issued by the federal government.

August 9, on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador signed a decree that “recognizes, protects, preserves and safeguards” the sacred places and sites, as well as the pilgrimage routes, of the Huichol (Wixárika), Cora, Tepehuano and Mexicanero peoples in the states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Durango and San Luis Potosi.

The second Honey Fair (Feria de la Miel) runs over three days this weekend along the charming Andador 20 de Noviembre pedestrian walkway in the Zapopan city center.

Nine and a half months after the state legislature approved revisions to Jalisco’s Mobility, Road Safety and Transportation Law, the Jalisco government published the reform’s respective regulatory code, which took effect on August 5.

From August 12 to 18, the Rancho San Juan Diego in San Sebastián el Grande, Tlajomulco is opening its doors to visitors to enjoy the sunflower season.

Three of 12 municipalities in the country classified as “a priority for leprosy” by the federal Ministry of Health (SSA) are in the state of Jalisco.

According to the National Water Commission (Conagua), tropical wave No. 20 associated with a low pressure zone with a probability of cyclonic development southwest of the coast of Jalisco will increase the probability of very heavy rains in many parts of the state on Friday, August 11.

Heavy rains on July 27 and 28 flooded out 515 homes in the metro-area suburb of Tlaquepaque, prompting local authorities to declare a state of emergency (declaratoria de emergencia).