Dozens of Chapala residents converged in downtown Guadalajara on Monday, March 23, to raise their voices against the development of the León–Solís aqueduct project, which they view as a direct threat to the sustainability of Lake Chapala. 

Chapala’s Calle Zaragoza has been fully reopened following a five-month partial closure for a major overhaul. 

A recent court ruling by the Jalisco Electoral Tribunal  (TEJ) has all but guaranteed that Chapala’s next mayor will be a woman.

Easter celebrations in Mexico are not about a fictional bunny, hunting for painted eggs and baskets filled with jelly beans, marshmallow chicks and chocolates. It is a time of solemn religious observances and theatrical representations of the Passion of Jesus Christ derived from the evangelization practices of the country’s earliest Christian missionaries. 

Over the past ten years, the Ajijic Feria de la Capirotada has been an annual highlight of the pre-Easter season. It was created as a unique culinary fair to showcase the sumptuous Mexican version of bread pudding, a favorite dessert specialty prepared exclusively during Lent.

The Lake Chapala Society held a fractious and chaotic Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the membership on Tuesday, March 17. In the immediate aftermath and on the following morning, serious questions were raised about the results of the election of new board officers and the very legality of the proceedings.