The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In a bid to encourage Mexican citizens to draw up wills, the federal government has proclaimed September “Mes de Testamento” and public notaries are lowering their fees throughout the month.
Taking the toll road between Guadalajara and Lagos de Moreno is becoming a perilous drive.
This newspaper in its May 4 edition described how a Canadian couple was held up by armed carjackers on this stretch of highway (80D)—a harrowing incident on the kind of road that has traditionally been considered the safest way to travel through Mexico.
Despite a strong peso reducing the purchasing power of visitors’ dollars and euros, Mexico is still one of the world’s most popular destinations—and Jalisco is leading the way!
Jalisco education authorities flip-flopped this week and decided to distribute the federal government’s free textbooks to Jalisco’s 1.6 million primary and secondary school students after legal and academic experts at the University of Guadalajara deemed them lawful and ethical, despite some error-strewn content.
Formed 470 miles off the coast of Manzanillo on Wednesday, and moving northwestward toward Baja California, category three Hurricane Hilary was expected to bring 70 to 90 kilometer-per-hour wind gusts and waves of between four and six meters to the Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco coastlines.
Jalisco is determined to take full advantage as Chinese companies seek to relocate (nearshore) their supply chains closer to their U.S. operations.
Jalisco has become accustomed to the (almost) daily reports of death and mayhem mostly caused by warring factions of criminal cartels.
The Chapala government is in the process of upgrading the eastern extension of Calle Ramón in San Antonio Tlayacapan that will connect with Calle Los Angeles in Riberas del Pilar.
The government of Jocotepec this week officially opened a new access road to the city’s Libramiento bypass.