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Holiday revelers pack out city center

Christmas in Guadalajara was a huge success this year, with more than 4.5 million people attended the city center’s Illusionante Festival, which concluded its activities after the January 6 Three Kings Day holiday.


Light Train Line Four on the move

Work began this week on the second stage of the fourth Tren Ligero (subway) line in metropolitan area that will connect the municipalities of Guadalajara and Tlaquepaque with the suburbs and center of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga.

Release of student protestors highlights university’s clout

Continuing its ongoing spat with the Jalisco government, the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) has scored a notable victory after going to bat for three student activists who were detained by state police while allegedly trespassing on a controversial residential development on the northern perimeter of the city.

Environmental Science Museum to open this year

University of Guadalajara (UdeG) Rector Ricardo Villanueva Lomelí has vowed that the ground floor of the unfinished Museum of Environmental Sciences (MCA), located in the University Cultural Center (CCU) on the metro area’s northern beltway, will open this year, despite the continued lack of funding from the Jalisco State government.

GDL in seasonal mood

The days are beginning to wind down toward the keenly anticipated celebration known here as noche buena, or Christmas Eve, when Mexican families congregate en masse, dress up, dine well and exchange gifts.