General News

Nearly 300 Canadians greeted Sara Hradecky, the recently appointed Canadian ambassador to Mexico.

Preparations for Ajijic’s Easter Week Passion Play program have picked up pace in recent days, with show time now just a week away.

Chapala native son Luis Alonso Aguirre Lang is gaining national prestige as a leading figure in the maquiladora industry, the commercial sector dedicated to manufacturing products for export.

The bodies of two unidentified men were discovered last week in the vicinity of the  Ajijic-Chapala bypass road near its junction with the highway to Guadalajara.

As lakeside’s tourist industry looks forward to a big bump in business during the Easter holiday period, local authorities are bracing for the onslaught of as many as two million visitors.

In keeping with long-held Easter season customs, faithful Roman Catholics across Mexico will dedicate Friday, March 30 to the La Virgen de Dolores (Virgin of Sorrows). Many devout families will set up memorial altars filled with design elements reflecting the sufferings and sacrifices of the mother of Christ. Others will take evening strolls through their neighborhoods to view the shrines, symbolically sharing the Virgin’s pain as they sip liquid refreshments representing her tears.

How’s that trash separation thing working for you? If you’re struggling to figure out how to categorize your refuse, bundle it up and put it out on the curb for pick up, don’t fret. You can count yourself among the vast majority of lakeside’s populace.

Chapala’s water services agency (Simapa) is in the process of relocating its San Antonio Tlayacapan branch office from a rented house in the heart of the village to a permanent facility located on the Chapala-Jocotepec highway just west of the Chula Vista Oxxo store.