Over the past few weeks, there has been no shortage of drama in Mexico as thousands of Central Americans attempt to reach the U.S.-Mexico border to apply for asylum. Earlier this month, numerous groups passed through Guadalajara where they encountered both hospitality and hostility from locals.

Cuban jazz, stand up comedy, illusionists, female impersonators – snowbirds residing in Ajijic won’t be scrambling for things to do now that The Spotlight Club is up and running.

A Tuesday report from VoteFromAbroad.org – just a week after the U.S. 2018 midterms – showing that use of the site was about eight times greater this year than in the 2014 U.S. midterm elections, is making waves.

Last weekend, a surge of 6,000 Central American migrants flowed into Guadalajara, the latest stop on their highly-publicized trek across Mexico to the U.S. border.

The U.S. Department of State revised its travel advisory to parts of Mexico November 15, placing the country on a Level 2 warning and encouraging U.S. nationals to exercise increased caution.

Although the small village in the Dominican Republic where Noris Binet grew up lacked a church, the locals often turned to her aunt, Tita Tina, the pueblo’s medicine woman and wise sage, for spiritual guidance.