The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Sébastien Moffett, the diplomat who took charge as Guadalajara’s latest Canadian Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner last month, spent a full day getting acquainted with the Chapala area on Friday, September 5.
Earthquake evacuation exercises will be practiced in lakeshore communities and elsewhere throughout Mexico at noon on Friday, September 19.
In the state of Jalisco, the second Macrosimulacro Nacional of 2025 will be based on the hypothesis of an 8.1-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter located off the coast of La Huerta.
As of September 1, Lake Chapala stood at 61.97 percent of its capacity, continuing the steady rise from this year’s low point of 47.5 percent recorded on June 1.
Guadalajara’s Palestine Solidarity Committee held a peaceful demonstration in Chapala last Sunday in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla, an initiative consisting of multiple boats heading to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid.
Chapala’s Roman Catholic community extended a warm welcome to Father Juan José Chávez Ramírez, their newly appointed parish priest, during an August 16 procession along Avenida Madero that preceded his first Mass at San Francisco de Asís.
How much do young adults know about the foreign influences shaping life in the Lake Chapala region? A workshop held Tuesday, September 9 for students enrolled at the Centro Universitario de Chapala (CU-Chapala) was designed to gauge and boost their level of understanding on the topic.
In the lead-up to Mexico’s Independence Day on September 16, communities around Lake Chapala are buzzing with Fiestas Patrias festivities and other traditional September events.
Anyone looking for places to go and take part in this year’s patriotic excitement in Chapala communities will have many options to choose from starting this weekend. Note that, unless stated, all upcoming festivities in the municipal seat of Chapala are concentrated in front of City Hall.
The Salvemos el Lago Más Grande de México festival, held Sunday, August 31, at the Ajijic waterfront drew a large crowd united by a common cause: demanding the protection and full restoration of Lake Chapala.
