Dozens of Mexican students and young people were given a crash course in U.S. electoral procedure at an election night reception organized by the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara and held at the Instituto Cultural Mexicano-Norteamericano.

The mood went from edgy to cautious optimism to jump-up-and-down jubilation as members of the Ajijic chapter of Democrats Abroad and others congregated for an election night vigil at Club Exotica on November 6.

An international tribunal is set to review the construction of a controversial dam in northern Jalisco next week, in the first of many hearings to take place in Mexico over the next three years.

Guadalajara’s craft beer industry is booming, with new microbreweries cropping up all the time. Among those to catch the Reporter’s eye during the International Beer Festival in October was the boldly named Cerveza Uno, a one-man operation run by Luis Enrique Lepe Tinoco.

The image of a young blonde girl begging on the streets of Guadalajara caused an online uproar last week, raising the often overlooked issue of racism in contemporary Mexican society.

Lake Chapala area residents will note not a pause, but rather an intense burst of activity as Mexico’s idiosyncratic commemorations of All Saints and All Souls rolls around at the end of next week.