Mayors governing in the Lake Chapala region are grappling with the challenges of sustaining local economies largely dependent on tourism while implementing measures to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic in their communities.

CareMongering-LakeChapala is a local Facebook page that went live this week with the aim of sharing and organizing grassroots action as the community faces the growing threat of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Here's a list of some events at Lakeside that have been cancelled, postponed or suspended. The list is not complete, and will almost certainly grow as the week progesses. 

The national strike #UnDíaSinNosotras that took place nationwide on March 9 was partially echoed in Chapala, where women were notably absent from public, banking, educational institutions, but less so out on the street and in marts of trade.

The Chapala government this week distributed 199 energy-saving solar water heating systems to local low-income families, provided at no cost through the state government’s Revive Tu Hogar social assistance program.

The ongoing upgrades of the ciclovia (cycling track) and simultaneous repaving of the Chapala-Jocotepec highway, which have created daily headaches for local motorists over the past four months,