The Lake Chapala Society hosted its second annual Expat Info Fair on Thursday, February 13, when visitors roamed through stands put up by various Mexican government agencies and Guadalajara’s U.S. and Canadian Consulates.

How many people reside in Mexico and how do they live? Those are the fundamental question the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) intends to answer by conducting the 2020 Censo de Población y Vivienda.

Chapala’s annual Carnaval blowout is in full swing this weekend, and will run through Tuesday, February 25, keeping the town jumping with all the usual festive happenings, plus a variety of special activities putting guest country India in the limelight.

A U.S. citizen lost his life early Tuesday, February 11, in a head-on crash between his motorcycle and a compact sedan driven by a Mexican motorist.

Chapala’s annual Carnaval celebration blasts into action Thursday, February 20 with the traditional Entierro del Mal Humor (burial of bad humor) wrapped into an evening of inaugural festivities. This year’s Mardi Gras blowout has been pared down to a six-day program running through February 25 that is focused on long-held customs and family appeal.

Although Mexico’s Congress has yet to regulate hemp products for medicinal use, physicians are writing prescriptions, and patients of all ages are feeling the healing effects of cannabinoids (CBD) from a variety of producers, imported products from the United States, and homemade remedies.