The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In August, Café Tacvba frontman Rubén Albarrán was named 49th in Billboard’s list of “50 Greatest Rock Lead Singers of All Time,” sharing the accolade with the likes of Mick Jagger, Stevie Nicks, Freddie Mercury, Robert Plant and Kurt Cobian (placed first to fifth).
The Mayan tourist train will be finished on schedule in December, the federal government maintains, although President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed this week that it is unlikely to be fully operational at this time.
Amid an ongoing dispute over the suitability of the federal government’s free textbooks, just over 24 million educación básica (primary and secondary school) students returned to classes Monday, August 26 for Mexico’s 2023-24 academic year.
The Mexican government is looking to reduce the number of flights arriving and departing the Mexico City International Airport by 1,000 a week (from 52 to 43 per hour), approximately 20 percent, according to aviation industry sources.
As anticipated, Xóchitl Gálvez, the 60-year-old senator from the National Action Party (PAN), will be the opposition alliance’s candidate in next year’s presidential election.
The Supreme Courts of Mexico and the United States are heading in completely opposite directions following Wednesday’s ruling by this country’s most senior judges slapping down federal laws decriminalizing abortion.
At a Trumpless debate of Republican presidential hopefuls in Milwaukee on August 23, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he would declare a national emergency and send troops to the southern border, and even into Mexico, on “day one” of his presidency.
Chapala and Poncitlán are collaborating in a joint campaign to combat the exploitation of children from economically challenged villages sent out to beg in the streets.
A news report by Mexican journalists showing how a fentanyl laboratory operates in Mexico has been nominated for an Emmy. The 20-minute segment by the N+ news channel is up for an award in the category of Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish.
