Ajijic Pueblo Magico decision put on hold
A final decision on Ajijic’s application for Pueblo Mágico status will remain up in the air until after next month’s election, reports Chapala tourism director Habath Angel Orozco.
A final decision on Ajijic’s application for Pueblo Mágico status will remain up in the air until after next month’s election, reports Chapala tourism director Habath Angel Orozco.
Alejandro Aguirre Curiel, the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) candidate in Chapala’s mayoral race, will reach out to the expatriate community at an open forum scheduled Tuesday, June 12, 10 a.m., at the Chula Vista Country Club.
After a potent storm knocked down a huge galeana (African tulip) tree on Ajijic’s Calle Independencia last month, neighbor Tom Thompson became concerned that a gangly jacaranda growing across the street might meet the same fate.
Avenida Madero, Chapala’s central north-south artery, will be closed to vehicular traffic early Sunday, June 10, to make way for the Carrera Colores y Valores por la Familia, a family-oriented foot race series organized by the Octavio Paz University Campus.
In addition to sampling a wide selection of fine wines and gourmet taste treats, visitors at next weekend’s Vid Forum wine festival will have an opportunity to view and test drive several models of Tesla electric cars now available on the Mexican market.
With just two and a half weeks to go before the 2018 campaign season closes, there are no indications that Chapala’s seven mayoral candidates will face off in a live public debate.
Projecting confidence of victory in the up-coming national election, presidential front-runner Andrés Manuel López Obrador concluded a 40-minute speech to a thundering crowd of supporters gathered May 19 at the Jocotepec Malecón with a pledge to return to the lakeshore town before assuming office next December to lay out his development and investment plan for the region.