The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Revolution Day sees hundreds of student and sports groups perform choreographed athletic routines, and motorized floats depicting historical scenes, with youngsters dressed up as tiny revolutionaries and renowned personalities of the era.
Recognizing that Mexico’s security forces are under-equipped to confront the firepower of the criminal cartels, federal authorities are planning large purchases of weapons to correct the situation.
Advocates for the legalization of marijuana in Mexico have expressed their disappointment after the Senate failed to come to a consensus on proposed legislation to regulate the industry.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced this week that the new trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico could be approved by the end of this year.
Mexican employers running businesses of all sizes are now legally obliged to provide attention to staff exhibiting symptoms of work-related stress or anxiety following the introduction of a new Official Mexican Standard or Norma Oficial Mexicana (NOM) this week.
More than 1,500 state police officers will be on duty to “keep watch” over shopping malls and other heavily trafficked retail zones during El Buen Fin, in which thousands of discounts will be offered during a long four-day weekend, Friday, November 15 through Monday, November 18 (a national holiday marking Revolution Day).
Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends in Mexico on Sunday, October 27 at 2 a.m.
Was it a coup d’etat? A sneaky one perhaps, as Evo Morales himself admitted, but not in the traditional Bolivian mold – i.e. tanks on the streets, shots fired, a general taking over, etcetera.
Critics are taking aim at the security strategy of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador after one of the sons of convicted drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was detained and subsequently released in Culiacan, Sinaloa, last week.
