Students at Chapala’s Preparatoria Regional (high school) were introduced to a diverse panorama of professional and vocational callings during the Career Day program held at the school campus on Thursday, May 1, under the direction and sponsorship of the Lake Chapala Society (LCS).

A handful of farmers markets, stores and inspectors in the Guadalajara area are leading the charge to bring food that is organic or “agro-ecologico,” as some prefer to call it, to local consumers.

Is May’s brutal heat getting you down? It’s the perfect time to follow the lead of your Mexican neighbors by sampling the wide array of typical hot season coolers featuring the nation’s cornucopia of natural produce.

The intense election rivalry between the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the Citizens Movement (MC) has turned ugly in recent weeks, as both sides look for ways to discredit the other. 

Following a model that has met with huge success in the United Kingdom, a new magazine is offering homeless people in Mexico City the opportunity to work as street vendors. The first edition of Mi Valedor (My Supporter) was released last month, with the aim of lending a voice to the homeless and assisting in their reintegration into the community. 

In this second in a monthly series of LOOKING BACK, the Reporter is publishing some headlines taken from its May editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

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