The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Promoting citizen participation in the legislative process is a key part of the work of Jalisco Congressman Pedro Kumamoto, the 26-year-old college graduate who stunned the political establishment with his landmark victory as an independent candidate in the June 2015 state elections.
A group of 16 eighth-grade students from the American School Foundation of Guadalajara visited 26-year-old independent Congressman Pedro Kumamoto in the Jalisco State Legislature last week to tell him all about their idea for new legislation.
In 1991, when Father Charles Hood of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church told Debbie Matthew, a young musician from Texas who had already lived in Guadalajara for 11 years, that he wanted to start a choir at the English speaking church and that she should direct it, her reply came quickly.
In this monthly series, the Guadalajara Reporter republishes a few of the headlines from its May editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
Find crafts, gifts at Tlaqueparte
TlaquepArte, the excellent biannual exhibition of handicrafts, gifts and decorations, runs this weekend at Expo Guadalajara, and also though Monday, May 16.
The folks at Jaltepec Hospitality and Hotel Educational Center are pleased for a number of reasons. First they received matching donations of 10,000 pesos, which came in response to the 'Match the Donation Challenge' issued by Timothy G. Ruff Welch.
Flower festival on Av Chapultepec
The yearly Festival de las Flores is on display on Avenida Chapultepec through this weekend.
