The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Federal, state and municipal authorities are collaborating in the public safety operations programmed for the busy Easter holiday period to increase protection for local inhabitants and the throngs of tourists visiting the Chapala north shore area.
Dramatic representations of the Passion of Christ will staged by amateur theater groups in the lakeside area next week. Program formats vary from place to place, each reflecting the hard work, creative talents and profound religious devotion of hundreds of volunteers.
Chapala authorities and local school kids marked the 217th anniversary of the birthday of Benito Juárez with a ceremony held Tuesday, March 21 on the esplanade in front of City Hall.
The Easter season in lakeside’s predominantly Roman Catholic communities will be framed by solemn rites and age-old customs that will be observed from this weekend through Sunday, April 9.
The first major forest fire of the 2023 season affecting the mountain range that divides Lake Chapala’s north shore and Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos broke out on Saturday, March 19.
Chapala and Jocotepec will be pitted against one another in the first round of the fourth annual Copa Jalisco amateur soccer tournament.
With Holy Week now just around the corner, villagers in Ajijic and San Antonio are hustling to wrap up final preparations for the traditional Easter pageants that have been staged year after year for more than four decades, to bring religious doctrine to life.
The loss of an arm or leg undoubtedly brings about complications in day to day life for amputees, but not necessarily the sacrifice of favorite recreational activities.
A Chapala work crew made a startling and mysterious discovery early Monday, March 20 while initiating a cleanup of the narrow beach area in front of the Malecón prior to the upcoming Easter holiday tourist season.
