General News

Such is the high-profile nature of the International Book Fair (FIL) that groups seeking attention now routinely stage protests on the periphery of the event.

International Book Fair (FIL) President Raul Padilla received the medal of Chevalier of the French National Order of the Legion of Honor from Elisabeth Beton Delegue, France's ambassador to Mexico, at a ceremony held Tuesday in the Universidad de Guadalajara rectory. 

French poet, critic and translator Yves Bonnefoy, the winner of this year’s 150,000-dollar FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages, left a favorable impression at this year’s fair.

Guadalajara’s municipal government has joined the United Nations-Habitat’s “I’m a City Changer” or “Yo Mejoro Mi Ciudad” campaign to improve cities around the world.

Mexican health authorities raided three pharmaceutical companies in Zapopan this week and confiscated 166 tons of medicines being manufactured in breach of legal standards.

Thousands of readers, authors and other book and culture enthusiasts streamed into the Expo Guadalajara for the opening of the massive Feria Internacional del Libro (FIL) this weekend. With Israel this year’s guest country, a highlight of the weekend was the Saturday night conversation between Israeli President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres and former Spanish president Felipe Gonzalez.

Traffic officials carried out breath tests on 6,689 motorists in the Guadalajara metropolitan area during the first two weeks of a new program to crack down intoxicated drivers.  That’s already 40 percent of all breathalyzer checks carried out in the state of Jalisco in 2012.

Around 40 people gathered at the Minerva Fountain Friday morning to protest the presence of Israel as the invited country at this year's International Book Fair (FIL).