General News

Lakeside natives whose lives are challenged by physical, mental or emotional disabilities have a new opportunity for rehabilitation through an equine therapy program coming together under the auspices the Chapala DIF Family Development agency and non-profit organization Centro de Equitacion Terapeutica Nuevos Pasos “Pepe Martinez”, A.C.

Students, staff and families of the International Institute gathered Friday, January 18 for a ground-breaking ceremony at the site of the school’s permanent campus, with Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta attending as guest of honor to lay the symbolic cornerstone.

After his first three months in office Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta has earned a fairly favorable approval rating among his constituents, according to newly released results of an independent public opinion poll.

Concerned expat residents met with Chapala Mayor J. Huerta to air complaints about a recent rash of burglaries in the community.

Eight women and 29 men are registered to compete for positions as delegados (town administrators) in Chapala’s five satellite communities, to be decided on the basis of public referendums slated for Sunday, February 3.

Mexico’s Ley de Migracion remains a topic of keen interest among lakeside area expatriates.

American Legion Post Seven and Post Nine are working hard to provide the Chapala Police Department with a base-station repeater, a piece of equipment that will allow dispatchers to contact all units at the same time.

As increasing numbers of foreign nationals who reside in the lakeside area have obtained Mexican citizenship, so have they earned rights to acquire federal voter identification cards entitling them to suffrage. Some local political observers are wondering if that trend might bear some weight in the upcoming public referendum on the naming of town administrators.