A volunteer army of local merchants, school kids, average citizens and government workers marshaled by Chapala Mayor Javier Degollado entered battle last weekend to beat back the massive invasion of lirio acuatico (water hyacinths) that has taken siege of Lake Chapala’s shoreline.

If there is one public issue Rafael Escamilla Ramos would call a personal passion, it’s social responsibility in caring for the environment. 

As big cheese officials began comfortably settling in behind their desks this week, more than 100 of the Chapala government’s working stiffs were shocked to learn they were being handed walking papers and left to their own devices to find new employment. 

Blankets of lirio (water hyacinth) swelling along shoreline and ever rising waters are visible signs of a four-year lucky streak for Lake Chapala.

Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has sent an initiative to the state Congress that would provide a legal framework for popular app-based taxi services such as Uber to operate.