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Ten years ago there might have been three or maybe four medical practitioners living and working at lakeside. If you had anything like a serious illness, you had to go to Guadalajara for specialty care and treatment. Or, you had to call a bruja.

1. Chapala is the biggest town on Lake Chapala, founded in 1510 by Chapalac, the chief of the Tecuexe tribe.

It’s time for a lesson. Now everyone, sit up straight. And pay attention. Put your phone away. Okay, here we go:

Despite misperceptions abroad, Mexican people are even-tempered and gentle. They bring a calm, genial formality to their public appearances. There is rarely a public display of temper, frustration or emotion.

In an attempt to show his dedication to frugality, President Andres Manuel López Obrador has decided to raffle off the luxuriously-outfitted but unwanted presidential Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

North of the border, we toss around the word “stupid” a lot. It’s not always meant to be taken seriously; it’s often just a throw-away, as in, “that lamp looks stupid there” or “that argument was stupid.”