Mariachi: a gift to humanity
Consuelo Saizar, president of Mexico’s Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, hands over the official document affirming UNESCO’s recognition of mariachi as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity to Jalisco Culture Secretary Alejandro Cravioto Lebrija.
Local authorities and federal security forces demonstrated improved coordination and cooperation in preventing any disturbances after a raid in Guadalajara’s Providencia neighborhood Thursday.
Peruvian writer Alfredo Bryce Echenique has been named winner of the 2012 Literary Award to be given out at Guadalajara’s International Book Fair (FIL) in November.
Guadalajara’s interim Mayor Francisco Ayon (C) joins in with the reforestation effort beside Avenida Lazaro Cardenas on Wednesday.
A new award to honor outstanding work in literary translation will be presented for the first time at the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), scheduled November 24 to December 2.