The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Covid 19 threat is forcing the Lake Chapala region’s Roman Catholic communities to break with dearly held customs and observances of the Easter season.
The Chapala government cancelled its annual ceremony commemorating the birthday of distinguished Mexican president Benito Juárez, scheduled for Saturday, March 21.
This week’s announcement that the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Japan are postponed until next year came as a blow to local sailing champ Elena Oetling Ramírez who had only recently qualified for the first time to compete on Mexico’s team.
St. Andrew’s Anglican
St. Andrew’s Anglican has cancelled all its devotional services, social gatherings, meetings, etc., until further notice, due to Covid-19.
By Lynn Ungar, March 11, 2020
For many Mexican girls, it is a difficult journey to fulfill their dreams. For the seven years I’ve lived in San Juan Cosala, I have met many girls/women through English classes.
In the midst of the coronavirus scare, Chapala government officials took time out Wednesday, March 18 to start planting a pine forest on four hectares of terrain set above the Libramiento bypass, under a land-use agreement forged with Chapala’s Ejido community.
