General News

At least three marches are anticipated in different parts of the Guadalajara metropolitan area, when female activists take to the streets on International Women’s Day, Wednesday, March 8. 

A demonstration is planned in Guadalajara Sunday, February 26 against reforms that opponents say will lessen the independence of the National Electoral Institute (INE), regulatory body that oversees elections.

Guadalajara city hall is assisting relatives of missing persons suffering financial hardship with the installation of a food stall corridor outside the Jaime Torres Bodet Theater just east of Avenida Chapultepec Sur, to one side of the Niños Heroes Glorieta, now often referred colloquially as the Glorieta de los Desaparecidos.

The Gay Games, which Guadalajara will co-host in November of this year, is open to everyone over the age of 18, regardless of their athletic abilities.

A series of whimsical sculptures featuring artist Rodrigo de la Sierra’s genial character “Timeteo” has been installed along the Paseo Alcalde pedestrian walkway in downtown Guadalajara. 

Although still February, and technically winter, Jalisco’s fire season has already started.

The 25,000 people gathered in Guadalajara’s Plaza de la Liberacion on Sunday were among thousands more around the country protesting a constitutional amendment that downsizes Mexico’s electoral authority, a move they say weakens the autonomy of the institution, and threatens the nation’s democratic progress.

A pavilion dedicated to the Wixárika (Huichol) indigenous culture has been installed on Guadalajara’s Paseo Alcalde, between the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Guadalupe temple and the federal building (home to the Mexican Immigration Institute).