“Protection for Lake Chapala has priority on the government agenda, “declared Jalisco Governor Aristóteles Sandoval during a November 8 visit to kick off the Chapala Limpio program aimed at keeping the proliferation of aquatic weeds in check.

November 8 dawned like a typical fall day on the shores of Lake Chapala. Under sunny skies, folks placidly went about their everyday business, showing no signs that a world scale political shakeup was brewing on the horizon.

Despite below average rainfall registered in Jalisco over the wet months of 2016, Lake Chapala has recovered enough water to supply Guadalajara for the next six years.

Over 900 people have signed up to walk, jog or run for health in the Chapala branch of the second annual Carrera Nacional Moviendo a México por tu Salud, scheduled for Sunday, November 13 at different locales across the nation.

The LGBT communities from Guadalajara and lakeside are coming together for the first Chapala Pride festival set for Saturday November 12, under the slogan “For our Constitutional Rights.”

Chapala commemorates Mexican Revolution Day on Friday, November 18, with a big parade looping along both lanes of Avenida Madero.