Ajijic newcomer Lisa Jorgensen has written a down-to-basics “how to” book about everything you ever wanted to know about living at Lake Chapala but didn’t even know the questions to ask. Many in the community seem a little put off by what they consider to be Jorgensen’s audaciousness in writing about the area to which she is so new. In fact, she began writing the book in her head during her drive here from the United States’ Midwest. She began to write in earnest one month after she moved in. The book was finished and in print four months later. Audacious or not, her book “Moving to Mexico’s Lake Chapala” is a popular one, chock full of information about what folks need to do before they move here, how to get settled, Mexican laws, immigration advice, medical care, banking, personal safety and early observations about living at Lake Chapala. Here Jorgensen talks with Jeanne Chaussee about her book, experiences and plans for the future.

Perhaps the most frequent problem computer users experience  is having their email accounts compromised because they are using easy-to-guess passwords.

With year-round sunshine and rising electricity rates, more and more people in Jalisco are turning to solar energy.

Tapatio rock band Maná performed at a campaign rally in support of President Barack Obama in Las Vegas last Sunday, after which they begged the president to carry out an “comprehensive immigration reform” if reelected.

A seasoned politico will shrug off the most damning indictments of his record and policies. But make unflattering comments about his appearance and he'll turn into an avenging fury.

Such was the case on August 27, 1968, when a howling mob of student  demonstrators stood outside the presidential palace and hurled insults against President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, most of them touching on his 
less than prepossessing physiognomy.

To be fair, Diaz Ordaz was not completely humorless about this deficiency. In a friendly setting, he was quite capable of treating that bad break he got from nature with self-deprecating humor. At a banquet for U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, he remarked that political enemies had accused him of being two-faced. "If I had two faces," he 
quipped, "do you think I'd be wearing this one?"

But it was one thing to engage in good-natured banter with a friendly U.S. president and another to hear a mob screaming Sal al balcon, chango hocicon! -- "Come out on the balcony, you big-nosed monkey!" 
The students were protesting army occupation of part of the National University (UNAM), a move justified by Alfonso Corona del Rosal, Regent of the Federal District, as necessary to thwart "a carefully planned action of agitation and subversion caused by elements of the Communist Party."

From Alaska to Argentina, the indigenous people of the Americas are uniting in an epic “Race for Peace and Dignity” and will eventually converge beside ancient Mayan ruins in Guatemala.