Tlatelolco wounds still open 45 years on
About 200 people took part in a demonstration in Guadalajara on Wednesday to mark the 45th anniversary of the infamous Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City.
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News
Astronauts to touch down in city in 2016
The Expo Guadalajara has been chosen as the venue for the International Astronautical Congress in 2016.
Internet access ‘a human right,’ says university researcher
Purchasing a computer may be cheaper than ever before but accessing the internet is still too costly for many Jalisciences, studies show.
Social media confab coming to Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta will host Engage Mexico, an annual social media conference, at the Sheraton Resort & Convention Center from November 14 to 17.
Financial indicators as of Thursday, October 3, 2013
- Mexican Stock Market (BMV) opened at 41,300.66 a decrease of 423.37 points from Thursday, September 26, 2013.
Guadalajara hosts 40th wheelchair games
Mexico’s First Lady Angelica Rivera brought her charisma to Zapopan’s Scotiabank Aquatics Center for the inauguration of the 40th National Wheelchair ...
Cruz Roja heads out to disaster zone
After waiting on standby for the past several weeks, personnel at Cruz Roja Chapala finally picked up their rucksacks Tuesday, October 1 to head off t...
IVA on rents a bad idea, realtors say
Extending value added tax (IVA) to property rentals, as proposed in President Enrique Peña Nieto’s fiscal reform package, would not increase governmen...
Canadians are happiest people on the continent
It’s official. People in Mexico are happier than the denizens of the United States – but only by a tiny margin.
Roberto Moulun
Roberto Moulun, a gifted story teller and longtime resident of Ajijic, died Monday, September 30 in a local clinic after a brief illness. He was 89.
Expat Living
Amsoc members issue scam alert
Members of the American Society (Amsoc) in Guadalajara say they are certain they were targeted by scam artists who had obtained their names and local ...
Local quilters honored in Puebla
Honors were bestowed on several of the eight Lakeside ladies who attended the Puebla Patchwork and Quilt expo from September 26 to 29.
Texas festival in Nueva Vallarta
Texas natives residing in this region might want to pencil June 11-18 in their diaries. Those are the dates of the ninth edition of the Texas Music F...
La Manzanilla Memo - April 13, 2013
License experience
Getting a Mexican driver’s license was the most fun I’ve had with this country’s bureaucracy in the 13 years I’ve dealt it. My Cal...
City Living - October 5, 2013
Meet the author
Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez will discuss his historical novel “The Dark Side of the Dream” at the American Society (AMSOC) Book Club ...
Laguna Chapalac - October 5, 2013
Conservatives
The October meeting of the Lakeside Conservatives will be on Tuesday, October 8, 4 p.m. at the Club Exotica, upstairs in the El Jardin ...
North Banderas Beat - April 6, 2013
A smaller PEACE
It would be a vast understatement to say that community leaders in the northshore were caught off-guard by the news of the demise of ...
Arts & Entertainment
Degollado to dance to rhythms of Beatles tribute band/JPO combo
Enrique Radillo, the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra’s administrative director, takes up the baton this weekend at the Degollado for a special concert ...
Ribera Arts Review – October 5, 2013
Storytellers
Unfortunately, the Storytellers event scheduled for Tuesday, October 8 at the Lake Chapala Society has been cancelled.
Mozart & Brahms end Viva’s summer series
Viva La Musica presents the fifth and final concert of its 2013 summer series on Sunday, October, 13, 4 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church.
Tapatio filmmaker to direct Simpsons intro
Fresh from the success of his Hollywood blockbuster “Pacific Rim,” Guadalajara-born director Guillermo del Toro has created the opening sequence for a...
Columns
Indefatigable botanist collects 10,500 plants in 40-plus years
On September 26, 150 people gathered at the Universidad de Guadalajara’s Alberto Navarro Auditorium to pay tribute to Dr. Miguel Cházaro, a legend amo...
Signs of the season
We’re told by the Red Cross that certain pests get more active during the rainy season. We’re talking chiefly about scorpions, spiders, flying insect...
Education effort gets stalled
When Concha Rosales was 16 she did something she hated. She asked someone to help her without getting angry about it. Something she hadn’t done sinc...
Send uncrackable emails by using encryption keys
Recently in this column I mentioned the Electronic Frontier Organization and their web site found at prism-break.org where internet users concerned ab...
Mexican Lifestyles
New ribmaster at the helm of Bubba’s restaurant
Iceland native Thor Hjaltason and his wife Laura from Texas have taken over Bubba’s restaurant from Ed Hofnel, who is now living in the U.S. recoverin...
Yoga teacher, health counselor, dog lover — she ties it all together
After suffering burnout from pursuing a political science career in Sweden, a young Swedish transplant to Guadalajara, Kadri Jukham, has found her pas...
Tequila trail to expand to include Tala, Ameca
The International Development Bank (IDB) is prepared to inject new funds into the Tequila Trail (Ruta del Tequila) next year to permit further growth ...
Recommended Mexico reading: 15 of the best
This historical season is the time to learn about Mexico, so we queried a handful of knowledgeable informants about what they recommend, other than Al...
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