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City’s holds Pride 2nd march

Despite the sweltering afternoon heat, several thousand marched in the city’s second Pride festival on June 10, which highlighted lesbian issues and the plight of missing people in the LGBTQI+ community.


Oppressive heat wave may drag on, say experts

Climate experts at Mexico’s National Autonomous University (UNAM) reckon the current heatwave, that has seen temperatures soar upward of 42 degrees Celsius in cities and towns in around a dozen states, could last until the first days of July in some parts of the nation.

Avenida Patria linear park opens

The mayors of Guadalajara and Zapopan have cut the ribbon on a linear park constructed along the median strip of Avenida Patria, running from Avenida  Acueducto to Avenida Americas (Plaza Patria).

Being cut adrift on a raft in 1816 has parallels to today

Guadalajara’s May Cultural festival came to an dramtic conclusion with two performances by Quebec contemporary dance company Alan Lake Factorie of “Le cri des méduses” (The Raft of the Medusas), a work blending dance, theater, cinema and music based on a disturbing 1819 painting by Théodore Géricault of France.