General News

Fiestas Patrias festivities will keep the lakeside area jumping over the coming week in the build-up to the Saturday, September 16 celebration of Mexico’s Independence Day.

Parrothead fans around the world were shocked and dismayed to learn of the September 1 death of Jimmy Buffet. However, it appears that the passing of the singer-songwriter and business tycoon will not deter the development of Latitude Margaritaville International Lake Chapala.

An expat resident of Ajijic, reportedly driving under the influence of alcohol, went on a rampage Monday, September 4, colliding with several parked vehicles and attempting to avoid the intervention of traffic police while en route from the Ajijic Malecón to her residence.

Chapala´s municipal health clinic was formally relaunched at a ceremony held on Wednesday, August 30 to mark the upgrade of services, buffed up installations and a brand new title.

The facility now bears the official name Servicios Médicos Municipales Dr. Juan Rafael Durán Barajas, the late Chapala physician renowned for his lifetime philanthropy and professional care for the community’s most destitute inhabitants.

Leaders of the Ajijic recycling project are hailing Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre and Expat Liaison Aurora Michel for finalizing a contract with the Federal Electricity Commission for the installation of 220-volt lines that allow the Centro de Acopio facility to operate the plastics compactor purchased for the project two and a half years ago.

The team at Ajijic’s Centro de Acopio (CdA) recycling center has resolved temporary inconveniences in handling plastic materials and, as of last Saturday, resumed the reception of articles that are currently marketable.

The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) in Ajijic is gearing up for the escalation of activities expected during Lakeside’s fall-winter high season, energized by new input from the management staff.

Local motorists are advised that Chapala’s municipal Traffic Department has modified the legal mode of Paseo del Lago bordering Ajijiic’s waterfront park, and the two-block stretch of Calle Pedro Moreno feeding out from the Malecón.