The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Chapala will welcome the beloved Virgen de Zapopan on Sunday, July 14 for a three-day visit that will be enveloped in fanfare and religious fervor marking the tenth anniversary of the icon’s coronation as La Reina del Lago (Queen of the Lake).
The normal flow of traffic will be interrupted in downtown Chapala and the Chapala-Jocotepec highway on Sunday, July 14 due to festivities surrounding the visit of La Virgen de Zapopan and the simultaneous running of Ajijic’s Chupinaya mountain race.
For folks feeling helpless when it comes to actively advocating for the conservation of Lake Chapala and its ecosystem, the program Bosques+Agua+Gente (Forests-Water-People, abbreviated BAG) offers a divide-and-conquer approach that tackles problems at the source with the direct involvement of local inhabitants.
Leadership of Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club switched from Mexican to English hands as outgoing president Héctor España Ramos relinquished the gavel to Frank Ewer at the installation of the 2019-2020 board Monday, July 1.
San Antonio Tlayacapan celebrated the publication of a history book about the town with a lively ceremony Saturday, June 22 at the central plaza.
The Rotary Club of Ajijic and Butterflies en Mexico (BeM) are working to uplift the village of Hacienda La Labor, located just four kilometers east of Chapala.
Chapala’s Public Works Department has temporarily suspended the construction of cement pedestrian crosswalks in Ajijic while several other options are under consideration.
Bread is the staff of life, the old proverb says. But not all bread is created equal. Proof of that is the outstanding artisanal products available at a new bakery that was opened last month in Jocotepec by brothers Carlos and Josué Arredondo Campos.
The takeover of Telecable television and internet services by the Televisa subsidiary Wizz took scores of Chapala area customers by surprise when their connections were cut off last week with little or no prior warning.
