AMLO recently announced that construction of the highway that will provide a shortcut between Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara will be completed by March 2024. Once completed, this highway will shorten travel time to 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Mexico's federal Environment Secretariat (Semarnat) announced last week that it will expand the 'zero tolerance' protection zone for the critically endangered vaquita. In this protected area, gillnets, used to catch the coveted totoaba fish, are permanently banned, as vaquitas often die after becoming entangled in them.
On Monday, June 26, the Mexico Ministry of Tourism announced the appointment of 45 new Pueblo Mágicos throughout the country, of which three can be found in Jalisco: Cocula, Sayula and Temacapulín, bringing the total number of Magical Towns in the state to twelve.
The first Mexican woman to set foot in space, Jalisco native Katya Echazarreta, will lead the first space camp to ever be held in Mexico this summer. Called 'Mission to Mars 2023', the aerospace camp will take place in Guadalajara from July 10 to August 4 and will allow up to 100 young people to learn about robotics, science and technology.
Irish automotive technology provider Aptiv will invest US$40 million in a new factory in El Salto, Jalisco, 29 kilometers from Guadalajara. Though already active in 8 other Mexican states, this will be the company's first factory in Jalisco, and it will be dedicated to the manufacture of spare parts for electric vehicles.
Through a unique partnership with New Story, Celaya Tequila will donate a portion of the proceeds from each bottle sold to an affordable housing project in Jalisco, Mexico. The initiative will make home and land ownership more accessible for vulnerable families throughout Jalisco, the beating heart of the tequila industry.
Because of the heat wave that has impacted Mexico since the beginning of this month and the associated increase in the use of air conditioning, the country’s electrical system has been strained, causing blackouts in parts of the country. Alerts have been issued in multiple states where temperatures have exceeded 45 degrees Celsius.
A team of researchers and archaeologists recently discovered a monumental Ancient Mayan city within the Balamkú ecological reserve in the state of Campeche, around 1,100km from Mexico City, which they've named Ocomtún ('stone column' in Yucatec Mayan), due to the numerous cylindrical stone pillars scattered throughout the site.
A 17th-century church in Chiapas that has been covered by water since 1966 has once again shown its façade. The Temple of Quechula emerged after drought caused water levels to drop in the Nezahualcóyotl reservoir on the Grijalva river. Tourists are flocking to the site to catch a glimpse before it disappears beneath the water again.
On June 16, Jalisco celebrated its first bicentennial as a free and sovereign state, and the Jalisco Ministry of Culture decided to commemorate the occasion with public art. As such, four urban artists created four large-format murals under the motto 'Jalisco: 200 years of culture, history and tradition,' in Guadalajara's Luis Quintanar Park.
