It shouldn’t have taken a global pandemic to summon our better angels, but Covid-19 has brought out the best in many of us, proving again what Abraham Lincoln asserted in his inaugural address in 1861: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.

Many people living along the north shore of Lake Chapala have spent time gazing across the lake, wondering just what it’s like on the south shore.

Interest in the U.S. election among Mexicans has been soaring, if a sampling of recent comments, some unsolicited, from mostly well educated Tapatios in a range of professions is any indication.

Flagship domestic carrier Aeroméxico will ramp up flights to various international destinations in November, as well as resume several routes from Mexico, including Costa Rica and Peru.

Death has many faces, but in Mexico none is more identifiable than La Calavera Catrina. Immortalized more than a century ago by Jose Guadalupe Posdada, the elegant skeleton with the broad grin and the fancy feathered hat has come to personify the irreverent side of November 2, Day of the Dead festivities.

Lake Chapala area residents might already be acquainted with Old Blue, a 1969 VW Combi often seen cruising the cobbled streets of Ajijic.