General News

Avocados may be in short supply and at their highest price for years, but that isn’t stopping the enterprising folks of the Jalisco town of Concepcion de Buenos Aires from attempting to set a Guinness record

Like other Jalisco mayors elected under the banner of the Movimiento Ciudadano party, Jocotepec chief executive Hector Manuel Haro Pérez is set for a public referendum to ratify his three-year mandate, to be held Sunday, August 27, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The official unemployment rate in Jalisco fell to 2.34 percent in July, the lowest level in recorded history, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (Inegi).

In referendums to be held Sunday, August 27, Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) mayors in 25 Jalisco municipalities will put their jobs on the line, allowing their constituents to decide whether their mandates up until now have been a success or failure.

In a series of public referendums held in 25 Jalisco municipalities last Sunday, jaliscienses  gave an overwhelming thumbs up to the administrations of mayors belonging to the fledgling Citizens Movement (MC).

In 2015, scrambling for a way to fight corruption from within, the Jalisco Department of Transport (Semov) decided to fiddle with its gender ratio, augmenting the distaff side.

Three centers dedicated to the nutrition and education of economically disadvantaged children that operated under the banner of famed Mexican soccer player Rafael Marquez have shut their doors, much to the dismay of many parents.

The U.S. State Department’s travel advisory for Mexico lists recommendations for each state.