The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Despite some early warnings, Tropical Storm Alvin, the first named storm of the 2025 Eastern Pacific hurricane season, weakened and dissipated last week, having only a minor impact on the Mexican coast. Meanwhile, a tropical depression is likely to form in the Eastern Pacific this weekend. If it continues to strengthen, it will be upgraded to a tropical storm and named Barbara.
Major steel-producing countries were blindsided this week when Trump signed an executive order doubling tariffs on steel and aluminum imports—from 25 percent to 50 percent.
Members of the National Chamber of Commerce, Services, and Tourism of Mexico City (Canaco) have reported that Chinese-made goods, entering the country illegally, are being relabeled with the “Made in Mexico” label in warehouses and shopping malls in the Historic Center, many of which are operated by Asian business owners.
Was it a huge success or a resounding failure? Mexicans’ opinions on last Sunday’s judicial elections are mixed, largely depending on which side of the political aisle they sit.
“Mechanical issues” allegedly caused a Mexican Navy training ship, with 277 crew members on board, to veer wildly off course and collide with New York’s Brooklyn Bridge, resulting in the deaths of two young sailors and injuring 22 others, 11 of them seriously.
The death toll from a mine-type explosive device detonated on the Michoacán–Jalisco border stands at eight, according to federal sources—marking one of the deadliest attacks against the Mexican Army in recent years.
The U.S. government officially has a new man at the helm in Mexico.
On Sunday, June 1, Mexico will go to the polls to elect hundreds of federal judges and magistrates in the first election of its kind in the republic.
Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies (lower house) has approved a new measure requiring supermarkets to pay their grocery baggers—commonly known as cerillos (matchsticks)—a proper salary.
