With a long history of leadership in educating lakeside inhabitants on matters of human development and family health, the non-profit Centro de Desarrollo de Jocotepec (CEDEJO) is at the vanguard in introducing a practical and inexpensive feminine hygiene product to local women and guiding young people to take the reins of their adult lives.

April 15, Teacher’s Day (Dia del Maestro), was a hive of activity in downtown Guadalajara.

Chapala’s Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) mayoral candidate Moy Anaya has been put under special guard by state police following a violent confrontation between several of his sympathizers and men allegedly associated with the rival Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

Dozens of unionized employees of the Chapala government staged a demonstration inside City Hall Wednesday, May 9 to demand compliance with worker rights and benefits to which they are entitled.

The Chapala government has chalked up a potentially significant win in the prolonged legal battle it is waging against MK Ideas Tech and Comers, the partner companies granted a concession to install and operate parking meters in the city center under the 2010-2012 administration.

Cooperation and mutual trust should be the building blocks for crime prevention, according to Chapala authorities who hosted a public meeting Friday, May 4 aimed principally at calming the frazzled nerves of the community’s foreign residents.