1968 was the year of student rebellion, with protests against authority erupting all over the world. The image of revolutionary Che Guevara was seen on t-shirts worn on campuses throughout the globe and nowhere more so than in Mexico.

Frank Le, Canada’s consul and senior trade commissioner in Guadalajara, didn’t join the foreign service to spend all his time stuck behind a desk.

Just as Mexico starts dressing up in red, white and green for the patriotic holidays, food lovers are slathering for a taste of the season’s emblematic tricolor gourmet treat: Chiles en Nogada.

While the North American cowboy was relegated to a series of cigarette ads at the end of the 20th century (usually shown on horseback navigating a swollen river), his Mexican counterpart, the charro, remains a celebrated national symbol. The charro horseman embodies a romantic ideal.

The Lake Chapala Jewish Congregation has announced its schedule of High Holiday services, which begin Friday, September 15 with Erev Rosh Hashanah and a potluck supper.  The holiday period runs through to Yom Kippur Day on September 25, when a morning service will be held at 10 a.m., followed by the Neilah concluding service in the afternoon.

They’re back!

On Saturday, August 5, eight members of the Ajijic Kayak Club dared to paddle seven miles across Lake Chapala to San Luis Soyotlán, the first such club adventure in nearly five years.