The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Seven young persons from the Palestine Solidarity Committee of Guadalajara were arrested after painting a mural with the words “Free Palestine” on the facade of the Channel 13 media outlet, located beside the Rambla Cataluña and the Universidad de Guadalajara rectory building.
The Jalisco government’s Directorate of Sexual Diversity has launched a new online platform aimed specifically at the LGBT community in the state.
It’s just a coincidence that February 14 (Valentine’s Day or Dia del Amor y Amistad in Mexico) falls on the same day Guadalajara celebrates the 482nd anniversary of its founding in 1542.
Vino virtuosos and amateur aficionados have the choice of two festivals over the next month, offering the opportunity for both education and enjoyment.
A huge figure of a female dancer went up in Guadalajara’s Plaza de Armas this week as the centro historico got ready for GDLUZ, the annual sound and light festival, set to run each evening from Wednesday, February 14 through Sunday, February 18.
If browsing and buying plants and flowers gets you excited then make sure you head over to the Parque Metropolitano in Zapopan Thursday, February 15 through Sunday, February 18 for the Festival Flores y Colores de México.
Walkers in the Parque Morelos this week were astonished to be joined by a brazen young crocodile who was also enjoying the tree-lined shade of this popular downtown Guadalajara green space.
The Zapopan city hall is staging a “Love Fest” to allow children to explore “different ways of loving to counteract the violent context in Mexico and the world.”
It could be argued that the tomato (jitomate) and the onion (cebolla) are the most used vegetables in the Mexican kitchen (okay, botanically tomatoes are fruits!).