General News

Vid Forum is the most prestigious and important wine and gastronomic event in Ribera de Chapala, with the participation of more than 15 national and international wine houses (and a few from around the lake);

A new water supply issue gushed forth for Chapala authorities this month when townspeople of San Nicolás de Ibarra discovered workmen digging up the street near the entrance to Vista del Lago for the purpose of installing a connection to the municipal system to feed a new housing development.

Mexico could rightly peg the next four weeks as the Merry month of May. Ironically, it’s the hottest time of year when one might be inclined to hang up the hammock and laze about in the shade about for the duration were it not for constant festivities to motivate getting out and about.

The Lake Chapala south shore municipality of Tuxcueca has become a hotbed of criminal violence, underscored by four homicides registered over the past week.

Ricardo González is back home in Ajijic after a trip to Peru to compete in the Ultra Machu Picchu Trail mountain race on April 10. Ricardo, better known to friends as “Chicles,”is a former Ajijic delegado and founder of the prestigious Chupinaya mountain race.

Jalisco health authorities have put together an intensive rabies vaccination campaign for household pets in Chapala after a man died from the lethal virus transmitted by the bite of a bat.

A fire broke out Sunday, April 24, at Bruno’s Restaurant, Ajijic’s long-established and popular steakhouse located on the highway at Carretera Oriente 20 near the corner of Calle Marcos Castellanos.

Taking good care of planet Earth, understanding local environmental issues and learning how to get involved with activist groups are central themes that will be addressed at the Día de la Tierra Axixic festival programed for April 22 through 24.