In a sign that the lakeside area is maintaining its appeal to foreign settlers, the Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) delivered 37 new residency visas at a ceremony held Thursday, August 25 at the Centro Cultural González Gallo. 

Chapala Mayor Javier Degollado told the Guadalajara Reporter this week that he is seeking a personal audience with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto

Ajijic’s Pueblo Mágico dream lives on, despite projections that the federal government will severely slash public spending next year, leaving the village out of the running for immediate inclusion in the program.

In what is turning out to be a banner green year for the Lake Chapala region, local reforestation projects have kicked into high gear throughout the summer months.

Built with the aim of turning lakeside into a hub for technology and film-making enterprises, the once-promising Chapala Media Park has become a dusty white elephant government-backed project marked by the towering pink monolith at its entrance gate.

Wixárika people dressed in traditional tribal garb left offerings at their ceremonial shrine on Lake Chapala’s Isla de los Alacranes during this week’s commemoration of International Day of Indigenous Peoples.