We have more than 70 dogs at SOS Chapala DOG Rescue, and at least 40 more waiting to get in. We can’t build new kennels fast enough.

It wasn’t long ago that Puerto Vallarta’s Parque Lázaro Cárdenas, anchoring its world-famous Old Town, or Zona Romantica to some, was a dark hole of danger littered with used condoms and drug paraphernalia.

With the more relaxed pandemic measures announced February 13, the Ex Convento del Carmen is marking its re-opening – although in truth it has for months been more open than other Guadalajara art venues – with a variegated, non-classical exhibit focused on refugees and migrants worldwide, as seen through the eyes of 13 artists.

 Lourdes Alvarez has been content to have her two college-age daughters at home with her in Guadalajara every day during the pandemic, while her husband runs a manufacturing business and the young women study online.

“It’s not surprising that there’s confusion about [Covid-19] tests and how they differ,” states a report from Mayo Clinic. 

Look back just one year ago and recall that falling victim to property crimes was the foremost public issue among most lakeside inhabitants.