The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our August editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
1973
Bing Crosby to bring Women’s Open to GDL
For world travelers who need vaccinations as a requirement to enter certain countries, the Jalisco Cruz Roja has two “international vaccination modules” at their disposal.
Amy Scanlon has assumed her role as the new United States Consul General in Guadalajara.
A pet-friendly race to support the Mexican Red Cross will be held simultaneously in 32 cities—including Guadalajara—on Sunday, September 10.
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Guadalajara’s International Mariachi Festival will brings its color, joy and warmth to ten of Jalisco’s 12 Magic Towns (Pueblos Magicos).
Even as attitudes toward bullfighting (la fiesta brava) change in Mexico, Guadalajara continues to give a green light to this centuries-old tradition.
Naasón Joaquín García, the jailed leader of the evangelical Luz del Mundo Church, is the irreplaceable “Lord’s Apostle” and will remain the faith’s spiritual guide while completing a 17-year prison term for sexual abuse crimes against minors, a church representative told Spanish news agency EFE.
Due to a surge in violent criminal acts in the Los Altos region of northeast Jalisco, the rector of the University Center of Lagos de Moreno (CULagos) has curtailed the institution’s hours in a bid to safeguard students.
The recent discovery of the tomb of Friar Antonio Alcalde Barriga, Guadalajara’s most lauded benefactor who died 231 years ago, should ease the process for his canonization in the Roman Catholic Church.
