General News

A major new initiative at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) in Jalisco seeks to vastly improve relations between staff at the health care institution’s facilities and the general public.

For at least the second time in a precipitous history dating to 1859, the one-square-block El Refugio in Tlaquepaque has been shored up and beautified, bolstering the institution’s claim to house one of Mexico’s premier museums, as well as a unique school of art that eschews the academic in favor of the practical.

As in many other places in the world, men in Jalisco are notoriously indifferent about undergoing health screenings that can detect the early stages of serious conditions.

Jalisco tourism authorities dipped into their pockets and used up all of their 2016 promotional budget at the Tianguis Turistico trade show, staged at Expo Guadalajara at the end of April. 

The first 30 kilometers of the 111-kilometer Macrolibramiento ring road to the south of Guadalajara will open to traffic by the end of June, Bernardo Gutierrez, the delegate for the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) in Jalisco, promised last week.

“Fake schools” in Jalisco have been exploiting students looking to finish their studies quickly and at a low cost.

The pitaya season is now in full swing. The cactus-type fruit enjoys a six-week harvest in Techaluta, Jalisco and surrounding municipalities. Truckloads are delivered daily to Guadalajara, and sold in local markets, on the streets and especially in the downtown Nueve Esquinas neighborhood.

For nearly 4 years now, a mixed group of expats and Mexicans have been scouring the back roads of Jalisco in search of old haciendas.