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Freedom of Expression is a fundamental right in Mexico, guaranteed under articles 6 and 7 of the country’s constitution. In 1951, President Miguel Alemán designated June 7 as the date for commemorating La Libertad de Expresión.

Strapped for cash to pay off mounting bills to suppliers, the Chapala municipal government is taking dire steps to save money by pressuring low level personnel to accept temporary layoffs without pay. 

If you’re withering under the prolonged spate of scorching temperatures, take heart. We’re finally on the threshold of the summer rains, which, according to conventional wisdom, kick in like clockwork on June 13, the feast day of Saint Anthony of Padua, patron saint of San Antonio Tlayacapan. 

First you get the bake. Then you get the broil. That’s the way an old friend once described the evolution of scorching summer weather in Phoenix, Arizona.

Mid-May and lakeside’s devilish hot season is reaching its peak.  Like a lot of folks who stick it out here year round, this is the time of the year when the atmosphere tends to throw me a bit off kilter, making me feel more lazy and crazy than ever. 

The brassy blast of a trumpet rips me from the embrace of Morpheus.