The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Mexico was rocked by a wave of emotion Sunday as the national soccer team battled to a deserved 1-0 triumph in their opening World Cup group game against holders Germany.
A tragic – but most likely avoidable – accident occurred Friday, June 15 when a metro-area bus drove into a roadside canal in Tlaquepaque, overturning and killing seven...
Forty underage girls at risk of being trafficked were rescued last Saturday in Puerto Vallarta by the coordinated efforts of various law enforcement agencies, mainly federal. ...
Presidential candidate Ricardo Anaya turned up unannounced in Chapala Friday, June 15, appearing first at a huge rally held near the waterfront Malecón in support of Jalisco...
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our December ed...
Since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, the number of Mexican students wh...
It’s been 75 years since the arrival in Mexico of the British Council, a q...
Barreling down the final stretch on the 2018 campaign trail, candidates for Chap...
May Fest finale
Puerto Vallarta concludes its centennial cerebrations Thursday,...
Leo Chester Brandon
Leo Chester Brandon, a well-known and well-loved resident o...
Lake Cajititlan, located some ten kilometers off the Guadalajara-Chapala highway...
Barely two months after stating he would temporarily exempt Mexico, Canada and t...
Mexico was rocked by a wave of emotion Sunday as the national soccer team battle...
Tipping is woven into the fabric of Mexico’s social culture, chiefly becau...
A recent photograph published in this newspaper of some 20 young students holdin...
Those keen to travel through Mexico’s glorious Copper Canyon in luxurious ...
If you’re new to Mexico and find yourself stricken by a tummy bug, you are...
“This doesn’t seem like a fusion,” remarked my dining companio...
Six Sisters of Bethlehem living in Jocotepec are trying to establish a monastery...
Six deceased expatriates were named among the 31 distinguished personalities of ...
Garden Guild
One of the area’s oldest expat organizations, the Lakeside G...
Semana Santa
Every condo, casita, hotel room and campsite was filled with famil...
Un-mothball your windbreaker, polish your binocular lens and ready your soul to ...
Window closing, not door
It’s the beginning of April and many who have jo...
Air guitar on a shovel, rhapsody with a rake or hold the beat banging a barrow, ...
Pet Picnic
The annual Bucerias Pet Picnic was held recently at the Abuelos de B...
The Jalisco coast, already kind of a big deal in the world of turtle enthusiasts...
A common question asked by residents of the United States and Canada is whether ...
The momentum is clearly with left-of-center candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrado...
When Ghengis Kahn began plundering Europe, I can assure you the initial reaction...
This column was first published in the April 9, 1988 edition of this newspaper.
...I had planned on writing a nice, lengthy, last column worthy of the place I&rsqu...
The Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University seeks to br...
In case you hadn’t heard, art imitates life, which is no less true for bei...
Blockers
Three parents try to stop their daughters from losing their virginity ...
This summer, Viva La Musica has planned a four-concert series titled “Roma...
Classical guitar concert
A concert by classical guitarists David Mozqueda and W...
In case you hadn’t heard, art imitates life, which is no less true for being a wan, exhausted cliche.
Monday recitals
June 25: Pianist Patricia Garcia Torres.
This summer, Viva La Musica has planned a four-concert series titled “Romance in the Village,” featuring chamber music concerts held in private homes and small concert halls at lakeside.
Margrita van der Hoek believes fervently that all children at lakeside should have access to music education and the opportunity to play an instrument.
Classical guitar concert
A concert by classical guitarists David Mozqueda and Winfried Kellner, and transversal flautist Nury Ulate, plays at the Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo in Chapala, Friday, June 22, 7 p.m. Admission is 100 pesos.
LLT summer fundraiser
Lakeside Little Theatre (LLT) will present “Spalding Gray – Terrors of Pleasure,” Saturday, June 16, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 17, 4 p.m.
Blockers
Three parents try to stop their daughters from losing their virginity on prom night. Director: Kay Cannon. Cast: Leslie Mann, Kathryn Newton, Gina Gershon. Rated: R. Time: 1:42.
Solo: A Star Wars Story
During an adventure into a dark criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future copilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion.
A common question asked by residents of the United States and Canada is whether or not they should consider heading south of the border for that operation they have been putting off.
Many years ago I stumbled upon a hidden pool fed by a cold spring, the source of a bubbling stream of clear, clean water, all shaded by the most beautiful trees imaginable: enormous, stately, ancient Montezuma cypresses (sabinos in Spanish), but still popularly known by their name in Nahuatl, ahuehu...
This column was first published in the April 9, 1988 edition of this newspaper.
Just behind the high ochre ridge that slices the northern horizon at the west end of Lake Chapala lie two small villages, the remnants of a once vast hacienda.
We got there early. In the corral behind Eustacio Ortiz’s tarpaper jacal, we stacked gunny sacks of chayote, wild camote, jicama, oranges, limones, peanuts, sugared candies.
The Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University seeks to bring together expertise in technology to better understand its impact on society.
A client asked me if using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) would protect his anonymity online.
The momentum is clearly with left-of-center candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is increasing his lead over his rivals in the presidential race, polls suggest.
The Reporter was started in 1963 by a journalist from Eugene, Oregon.
I had planned on writing a nice, lengthy, last column worthy of the place I’ve had the pleasure of living in for the past two years.
The wool coat looks worse for the non-wear. It is wrinkled from being unworn and crammed in the back of a closet for two years; dotted with dust and dog hair from a dog that departed the family a year ago; in need of a lint brush that can’t be found in the pile of things to be thrown away, don...
I wonder what newbie expats were thinking when they heard ear-splitting blasts of cohete rockets rip the air at mid-morning last Saturday.
It’s the time of the year when the first hint of stormy weather gives fair warning that a power failure could occur at the drop of a hat.
When Ghengis Kahn began plundering Europe, I can assure you the initial reaction in Europe was: “Hey, this can be settled diplomatically.”
Plastic bags are well-nigh immortal. In many cases they will survive for over 100 years as landfill waste or litter, and can be used by vampires for lunch bags.
Six deceased expatriates were named among the 31 distinguished personalities of Ajijic recognized at a public ceremony held Thursday, June 14 at the town’s Centro Cultural.
The American Society (Amsoc) English-languge Book Club will review “Mexican Kaleidoscope: Myths, Mysteries and Mystique” by Tony Burton (2016) at its next meeting on Thursday, June 21, 10 a.m.
‘Empty Bowls’ at American School
The American School’s fourth “Tazones Vacíos” (Empty Bowls) event on Thursday, March 6 seeks to raise funds for the Organización de Nutrición Infantil (ONI), a Guadalajara-based NGO whose mission is to prevent malnu...
El Clasico: Chivas vs. America
Bars will be packed the evening of Saturday, February 18 as local soccer favorites Chivas take on their huge Mexico City rivals America in the game referred to as El Clasico. After six games of the season, Chivas are in fourth place in the 18-team table. Kick of...
Air guitar on a shovel, rhapsody with a rake or hold the beat banging a barrow, some young musicians now have the chance to improvise between lessons thanks to the Lake Chapala Garden Club.
Now in its ninth season, The Naked Stage Readers Theatre prides itself on choosing plays that appeal to lakeside audiences. Their June production is no exception.
Garden Guild
One of the area’s oldest expat organizations, the Lakeside Garden Guild, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
Kids, kings and queens
A children’s chess tournament is scheduled Saturday, June 9, 11 a.m. on the Neill James Patio at the Lake Chapala Society.
Un-mothball your windbreaker, polish your binocular lens and ready your soul to shiver in awe at the sight of the ocean’s great mammalian leviathans, for whale watching season is upon us once again.
The Cuale River is one of the Vallarta-area’s principal attractions, a green snake winding its way through the western Sierra Madre mountains before it empties into the sea right in the middle of Puerto Vallarta proper.
Pet Picnic
The annual Bucerias Pet Picnic was held recently at the Abuelos de Bucerias Tercera Edad senior center.
Working vacation
You are coming to Bucerias, one of the most popular beach resort towns in the state of Nayarit, to do some upkeep on your family’s rental property. A week should be long enough to get the work done.
Semana Santa
Every condo, casita, hotel room and campsite was filled with families, music and fun.
Cisco’s Amigo’s success
Success cannot adequately describe the outstanding accomplishment of the recent clinic held here in La Manzanilla.
Window closing, not door
It’s the beginning of April and many who have joined the community to escape all or part of the northern climes are planning their travels home.
Celebrating Easter
Mexican Easter celebrations begin on Palm Sunday, March 25 and end on Saturday, April 7.
The Jalisco coast, already kind of a big deal in the world of turtle enthusiasts, has recently gifted a new species of shelled reptile to an excitable science community.
Cookoff update
The 6th Annual Chili Cook Off, sponsored by the Jay Sadler Project, raised 101,000 pesos, thanks to the many participants:
Tipping is woven into the fabric of Mexico’s social culture, chiefly because of its informal, cash-driven economy.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our August editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
Those keen to travel through Mexico’s glorious Copper Canyon in luxurious grandeur are now getting the opportunity thanks to the May 17 launch of the Chepe Express, a premium tourism concept that compliments the popular – but more modest – train ride, Ferromex’s Ferrocarril C...
If you read last week’s account of several days spent in Oaxaca City exposed to what a San Francisco-trained chef – Julio Aguilera of Oaxaca-cathedral-adjacent El Destilado – likes to sink his teeth into on the city’s wide spectrum of gustatory options, plus an account of his...
“This doesn’t seem like a fusion,” remarked my dining companion as we perused the menu at Heidi’s Restaurante Alemán y Biergarten (German restaurant and beer garden) in Guadalajara.
I’d like to underscore two key dining appreciation issues for all Ajijic diners.
A recent photograph published in this newspaper of some 20 young students holding up this pamphlet, Aves del Lago de Chapala, at the reopening of the Alexander Humboldt bird watching trail in San Antonio Tlayacapan made us look into where the young ladies found their birding literature.
If you’re new to Mexico and find yourself stricken by a tummy bug, you are not alone.
It’s not just us humans who are feeling the calor in the days leading up to the start of the rainy season. Our pets almost certainly suffer as much as us – dogs especially.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our December editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
A new “memorandum of understanding” between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Tec de Monterrey looks to “generate academic opportunities for the professionalization of the work of those who defend human rights, particularly the rights of journalists.”
Barreling down the final stretch on the 2018 campaign trail, candidates for Chapala’s mayor seat are drumming up support with final campaign activities ending Wednesday, June 27.
After completing barely one quarter of the reconstruction of the 16-kilometer roadway linking the Guadalajara-Octolán highway to Chapala’s city limits, Jalisco’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works (SIOP) and the federal Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT) su...
Lake Cajititlan, located some ten kilometers off the Guadalajara-Chapala highway, is, according to a Tlajomulco mayoral candidate, in imminent danger of bursting its banks as the Jalisco’s rainy season gears up for a record deluge.
It’s not just in Ajijic where animal lovers are concerned by malefactors intent of harming canines.
Since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, the number of Mexican students who have chosen to study in Canada has risen by 16 percent.
No doubt fearing that history will repeat itself and he’ll be dislodged – as he was in 2006 – from his frontrunner position at the last minute, left-winger Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (often referred to as AMLO) has accused several leading companies in Mexico of pressuring their em...
May Fest finale
Puerto Vallarta concludes its centennial cerebrations Thursday, May 31 with a spectacular free evening show on the malecon, featuring mariachi, Guadalajara band Sonido Satanas, and ranchero superstar Pepe Aguilar.
According to several news agency reports, the Mexican charter company that leased the Boeing 737 that crashed last week in Havana, Cuba, killing 110 people, was under investigation for serious breaches of security.
Barely two months after stating he would temporarily exempt Mexico, Canada and the European Union from the steel and aluminum tariffs (25 and 10 percent, respectively) recently applied to China and other countries, U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to include those entities much earlier than e...
Even if he was referring, as has been claimed, to members of the notorious MS-13 gang, Trump’s comments on Wednesday have yet again raised hackles both in his own country and here in Mexico.
It’s been 75 years since the arrival in Mexico of the British Council, a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization that promotes a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language, while encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational understanding and co-ope...
Data released this week by the National Statistics Agency (Inegi) showed the consumer price index to have risen by 0.59 percent in December, leaving inflation for 2017 at 6.77 percent – the highest level since 2000, when the rate was 8.96 percent.
Leo Chester Brandon
Leo Chester Brandon, a well-known and well-loved resident of the Lake Chapala area, died in the IMSS Ayala Hospital in Guadalajara, Tuesday, June 5, a few days after learning that he was suffering from cancer. He was 79 years old.
Susanna Kirchberg
Susanna (Suzy) Marie Kirchberg de Alvarado died in her Rutersville, Texas home on May 3 at the age of 50.
Mexico was rocked by a wave of emotion Sunday as the national soccer team battled to a deserved 1-0 triumph in their opening World Cup group game against holders Germany.
On Monday, April 25, a sextet of soccer fanatics from Durango, who had spent the last four years mindfully saving every penny they earned, bundled themselves and a medium-sized school bus decorated in imitable Mexican style aboard a ship in Altamira, Tamaulipas, arriving in Germany via the Baltic Se...
