The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) is doing a fine job of organizing activities to foster cross-cultural understanding and help foreign immigrants successfully adapt to life in Mexico.
While Central American migrants face resistance and rejection at Mexico’s borders, Lake Chapala warmly embraces hordes of refugees coming here from northern latitudes.
New to Ajijic? You better buck up for the baptism of fire!
A major take-away from the U.S. mid-term elections was the notable advance of female politicians.
“Coco,” the 2017 hit cartoon feature revolving around Mexico’s Día de Muertos traditions, is back in local movie theaters, bringing up renewed reflections on the country’s core family values.
For as long as I can remember local expats have groused about being harassed by unscrupulous traffic cops who coerce them into shelling out on-the-spot payoffs to avoid paying official fines, or worse, threats of having their vehicles towed off for impoundment.
Chatting over lunch with several old acquaintances last week, one of the ladies commented, “People who have lived here for a long time talk about how great it used to be.” The very next day we learned that Ajijic didn’t qualify for the Pueblo Mágico program.
