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Earthquake evacuation exercise set for Sept. 19

In the wake of the devastating earthquake that rattled a vast swath of southern Mexico just over a week ago, evacuation exercises will be held Tuesday, September 19, 11 a.m., at numerous government buildings, schools and major businesses at lakeside.


Concepcion de Buenos Aires: where avocados reign supreme

Last Sunday, five of Mexico’s most ubiquitous agricultural products were brought together in a hamlet tucked into the hills 30 minutes south of Lake Chapala to create a comically outsized quantity – one which they hoped would gain entrance into the leger of the Guinness Book of World Records – of one of the country’s most ubiquitous culinary exports, guacamole.

Jalisco leaders blast Trump’s DACA repeal

Following the Trump administration’s controversial decision to scrap DACA, the program initiated under President Obama in 2012 which offers temporary legal status to undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as children, leaders and organizations across Mexico are making overtures of welcome to the nearly 600,000 people – so-called Dreamers – who potentially face deportation to Mexico.

A super-sized plate of guacamole

Avocados may be in short supply and at their highest price for years, but that isn’t stopping the enterprising folks of the Jalisco town of Concepcion de Buenos Aires from attempting to set a Guinness record