The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Father Miguel Hidalgo’s emotional 1810 “grito” exhorting residents of New Spain to take up arms against their masters will be reenacted in the main plazas of cities, towns and villages the length and breadth of Mexico on Sunday, September 15 at 11 p.m.
An astonishing total of 119 bags containing dismembered body parts were dumped in a disused well on the grounds of an abandoned property in the small community of La Primavera in Zapopan.
Guadalajara is one of five Mexican cities chosen to benefit from Future Cities (Ciudades del Futuro), an initiative that forms part of the Prosperity Fund Programme sponsored by the British Embassy in Mexico City.
Major storm Thursday evening knocks out power in many parts of Guadalajara. Delays production of printed edition of Guadalajara Reporter (should be on stands Friday afternoon). Flooding widespread.
As usual, the International Mariachi Festival parade last Sunday was a feast of color and emotion.
New legislation approved by the Jalisco State Congress obliges two public health agencies to develop policies to attend to people with potential suicidal tendencies.
Want to try some of Mexico’s most classic food at this time of year? Then head over to the American Society (Amsoc) for its Mexican Independence Day luncheon on Thursday, September 12, and help yourself to some delicious chiles en nogada.
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro reacted swiftly to the widespread criticism that greeted the state government’s proposed sale of the abandoned Villas Panamericanas (2011 Pan American Games athletes’ village) to a private consortium.
The eight-year saga of the polemic 2011 Pan American Games athletes’ village – empty ever since the sporting event ended – could finally be coming to an end.
Maybe.
