The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
All banks and federal, state and municipal government offices throughout Mexico will be closed for business on Thursday, December 25 and again on January 1. Diplomatic missions will also be closed, as will this newspaper’s offices in Guadalajara and Ajijic.
Teleton, Mexico’s largest telethon that urges television viewers to donate money for the rehabilitation of children with disabilities, has suffered its worst ever year and last week was forced to extend its annual broadcast by four hours to reach its target of charitable donations.
Transgender people in Mexico City can now legally change their gender without a court order, following a vote by the Federal District Legislative Assembly last week.
After many years of discussion, no-holds-barred Las Vegas-style gambling may soon be legal in Mexico.
Mexico’s First Lady, former soap opera star Angelica Rivera, has recorded a videotaped statement explaining that she has “nothing to hide” regarding her purchase of a luxury mansion held in the name of a firm that was involved in the awarding of a 4.3-billion-dollar high-speed rail contract.
All 125 municipal police forces in Jalisco would be placed under centralized state control if sweeping constitutional reforms proposed by President Enrique Peña Nieto last week get the approval of Congress.
Anger at the federal government’s handling of the disappearance of 43 students boiled over into violence Thursday as riot police were called in to control protests in the vicinity of the Mexico City airport and in the capital’s main plaza, the Zocalo.
The federal government has launched a campaign to encourage owners of cellphones to report the theft or loss of their devices to authorities.
For the first time in his presidential term Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is finding that spin alone cannot relieve sustained political pressure.
