Guadalajara is considered the world capital of latex balloons.

Because the Jalisco-based company Globos Payaso is considered the world’s leading balloon factory, Guadalajara is considered the latex balloon capital of the world. Founded 75 years ago, originally in the Santa Teresita neighborhood, the factory currently generates 4,000 direct jobs, producing balloons with Mexican and Guatemalan latex rubber and using natural pigments. It exports half […]

Murder of Mexican Activists Raises Fears Over Impunity in Jalisco Extermination Camp Case

Two prominent Mexican activists who exposed a horrific “extermination camp” linked to organized crime were brutally murdered on Wednesday in Jalisco, authorities and their advocacy group confirmed. María del Carmen Morales, 43, and her son Jaime Daniel Ramírez Morales, 26, both dedicated their lives to searching for missing people in Mexico. Their group, Warrior Searchers […]

Vendors at Red Park will no longer be able to set up shop this Saturday.

This Thursday, the Guadalajara City Council began installing fencing in Revolución Park, also known as “Red Park,” to proceed with the remodeling of this public space in a comprehensive intervention that, according to the Director of Public Works of Guadalajara, Juan Carlos Arauz, will last at least five months. Given this situation, the vendors who […]