The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
November 8 dawned like a typical fall day on the shores of Lake Chapala. Under sunny skies, folks placidly went about their everyday business, showing no signs that a world scale political shakeup was brewing on the horizon.
Despite below average rainfall registered in Jalisco over the wet months of 2016, Lake Chapala has recovered enough water to supply Guadalajara for the next six years.
Ajijic’s Pueblo Mágico initiative seems to be gathering steam with the swearing-in of citizens’ oversight committee held Friday, October 28.
Over 900 people have signed up to walk, jog or run for health in the Chapala branch of the second annual Carrera Nacional Moviendo a México por tu Salud, scheduled for Sunday, November 13 at different locales across the nation.
The Needlepushers group has moved to its new location in the house recently purchased for expansion of the Lake Chapala Society (LCS).
The LGBT communities from Guadalajara and lakeside are coming together for the first Chapala Pride festival set for Saturday November 12, under the slogan “For our Constitutional Rights.”
Around 100 zombie dancers came to life to perform the Michael Jackson hit “Thriller”, cheered on by a huge crowd of spectators gathered October 29 at the Ajijic plaza.
Chapala commemorates Mexican Revolution Day on Friday, November 18, with a big parade looping along both lanes of Avenida Madero.
Mexican and foreign neighbors residing at the west end of Ajijic’s Calle Independencia have united in an effort to prevent the relocation and reopening of the Hotel Hacienda del Lago, announced to happen in early November.
