The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Mexico City’s growing reputation as a safe destination was dealt a severe blow this week after the niece of the president of the Spanish Soccer Federation was kidnapped and murdered in the capital.
More than 45,000 people marched in Guadalajara last Saturday in protest at President Enrique Peña Nieto’s proposals to legalize gay marriage in Mexico.
Mexico has reacted with shock and sadness at the sudden death from a heart attack of Mexican singer, songwriter and producer Juan Gabriel – “El Divo de Juarez” – at the age of 66.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is bizarrely taking the credit for a shake up in the cabinet of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
The credibility of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto was dealt another blow this week after a leading journalist accused him of plagiarizing up to one-third of his 1991 law degree thesis.
By meeting with U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has Enrique Peña Nieto committed yet another calamitous faux pas in his endlessly controversial career as president of Mexico?
Mexico’s currency continued its slow recovery this week, hitting a three-month high of 17.9 to the U.S. dollar Tuesday.
Magna gasoline creeps up again
The price of Magna gasoline increased by two centavos to 13.98 pesos a liter September 1. This means that the three percent maximum limit over a 12-month period that was imposed last year has now been reached and no more hikes should be expected in 2016. Premium gasoline stays the same, but diesel has risen by 47 centavos to 14.45 pesos a liter.
Only 813 primary and secondary schools in Jalisco out of 11,298 have taken the option of reducing the number of work days in the coming school year.
