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Michael Forbes is the editor of the Guadalajara Reporter, an English-language weekly in Mexico.
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The loaded gun Calles fired: the Cristero War at 100 (When the state went after the Church)

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By Michael Forbes
| The Guadalajara Reporter Verified
Details Published: 30 July 2026 Written by Michael Forbes One hundred years ago this month, a law that few Mexicans today have probably ever heard of set off one of the bloodiest and strangest conflicts in the country’s history — the Cristero War. On July 31, 1926, the so-called “Ley Calles” took effect, and within days, gunfire was breaking out in church doorways across western Mexico.
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Trump’s call changed Sheinbaum’s World Cup plans

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By Michael Forbes
| The Guadalajara Reporter Verified
President Claudia Sheinbaum made a last-minute decision to attend the 2026 World Cup final in New York after receiving a direct personal invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump during a phone call last Friday. “I told him: ‘Well, if you invite me, President Trump.’ He said: ‘Yes, yes, you’re invited. You’ll be sitting right there with us,’” Sheinbaum recounted during her morning press conference last Monday.
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WORLD CUP: Hosts Mexico, US & Canada all march on; Mexico faces England in next game

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By Michael Forbes
| The Guadalajara Reporter Verified
Scenes of unbridled joy swept Mexico on Tuesday night as El Tri reached the knockout stage for the first time in 40 years, breaking a drought that had haunted the nation since 1986. Reaching a “quinto partido” — a fifth game — had felt like an unreachable quest for a generation of fans; when it finally arrived, the relief was as palpable as the celebration.
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