The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
As lakeside’s expat community grows by leaps and bounds, an increasing number of foreign born residents are obtaining Mexican citizenship, with voting rights to boot.
In a nail-biting photo-finish, Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) candidate Moisés Anaya Aguilar appears to be the victor in Chapala’s contentious mayoral race.
A dramatic car crash on the Ajijic highway early Monday, June 25 left four passengers injured and extensive additional damage in its wake.
Jalisco’s Ministry of the Environment and Territorial Development (SEMADET) has given the Chapala government a short deadline to clean-up and relocate a used tire depository that went up in flames in the pre-dawn hours of June 14.
Barreling down the final stretch on the 2018 campaign trail, candidates for Chapala’s mayor seat are drumming up support with final campaign activities ending Wednesday, June 27.
Lake Chapala’s rainy season period of recuperation is off to a rip-roaring start this year, with a 30-centimeter rise in the water level registered over ten days during the second half of June.
After a recent green light from the city council, the Chapala police department is preparing to invest in the purchase of a half-dozen vehicles to renovate its depleted patrol fleet.
Jalisco’s registered voters will go to the polls Sunday, July 1 to elect Mexico’s next president, a new state governor, Senators and Deputies to sit in federal chambers, representatives in the state legislature and mayors and councilors for 125 municipal governments. Voting hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Presidential candidate Ricardo Anaya turned up unannounced in Chapala Friday, June 15, appearing first at a huge rally held near the waterfront Malecón in support of Jalisco’s Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) gubernatorial contender Enrique Alfaro, local mayoral aspirant Moisés Anaya and other District 17 candidates.
