It was a night of hopeful anticipation as some 150 members of the Democrats Abroad Lake Chapala Chapter gathered at Ajijic’s Club Exotica Tuesday to follow the mid-term election returns, eyes glued to CNN coverage showing on a half-dozen flat screen monitors spread around the upstairs bar.

After getting a preliminary grasp on the financial mess he inherited upon taking office October 1, Chapala Mayor Moisés Anaya is beginning to implement belt-tightening measures.

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Chapala Mayor Moisés Anaya sat down in front of a video camera set up at the waterfront Malecón early Monday, October 29, for the debut of weekly live transmissions to run on the local government’s Facebook page as a means of communicating with his constituents.

Ajijic is the latest lakeshore town to be identified with its name displayed at the waterfront Malecón with Mexico’s largest lake as a scenic backdrop.

The Indigenous Community of Mezcala de la Asunción has won a significant round in a tangled 19-year legal battle to recover communal property overtaken by a powerful Guadalajara businessman.

Viva la Musica welcomes Charles Nath and Marita Zimmer playing Brahms and Schumann quintets at the Auditorio de La Ribera in La Floresta, Friday, November 9, 7 p.m.