Dramatic representations of the Passion of Christ are a highpoint of Holy Week observances in the Lake Chapala area.In lieu of live productions cancelled for 2020, Dale Hoyt Palfrey shares still shots of Good Friday sequences from Ajijic’s Pasión de Cristo collected over previous years.

Federal, state and local authorities have teamed up to operate roadside sanitary filters at entry points to the Lake Chapala area to discourage the arrival of holiday vacationers and prevent the spread of the Corona virus. 

As the coronavirus pandemic has blunted the local economy, lakeside’s unemployed and low-income families are struggling more than ever to put food on the table. Politicians, businesses leaders and emerging citizen groups are responding as Good Samaritans to aid Mexican neighbors most in need.

The Chapala Cruz Roja (CRC) clinic has received a supply of materials from Jalisco’s Red Cross headquarters to be used in case there is a need to attend to walk-in patients with symptoms of Covid-19 infection.

The Chapala government gifted a pair of brand new motor scooters to participants in a raffle held to reward early bird taxpayers.

Héctor España Ramos, the Chapala government’s point man for communications with the foreign community, went live yesterday with a new Facebook page called Chapala Expat Liaison, launched at the instigation of Mayor Moisés Anaya.