The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
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.
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.
“Let’s Save Mexico’s Largest Lake” is the theme of a peaceful protest taking the form of a cultural festival on Sunday, August 31, at Ajijic’s waterfront park next to the Malecón.
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.
The Lake Chapala chapter of Democrats Abroad held its latest “No Tyrants – Hands Off” rally on Saturday, August 23, at the Ajijic Plaza to protest the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration.
Scientists from two of Mexico’s leading universities are calling for the urgent creation of a “Green Agenda” to improve water and environmental management for Lake Chapala and the Lerma-Chapala-Santiago watershed.
Among all the local festivities tied into September’s celebration of Mexican Independence, none quite equal Ajijic’s Regata de Globos, the dazzling exhibition of hot-air balloons hand-crafted from rainbow-hued tissue paper, to be held Saturday, September 10 at the Cruz Azul soccer field.
In 1985, Ajijic resident and expat Barbara Weston recognized that the community had a market for second-hand merchandise that other foreigners wanted to dispose of before returning to their home countries—or passing away. With that in mind, she opened a small consignment shop on Calle Independencia, naming it Barbara’s Bazaar.
A powerful thunderstorm that swept through the Lake Chapala area on the night of Sunday, August 24, caused trees to tumble, roadway damage, some minor rockslides and flooding in two households.
