General News

The Centro Cultural González Gallo (CCGG), housed in Chapala’s former railway station, celebrates its 20th anniversary on Saturday, March 28, with a full program of afternoon and evening activities.

Easter celebrations in Mexico are not about a fictional bunny, hunting for painted eggs and baskets filled with jelly beans, marshmallow chicks and chocolates. It is a time of solemn religious observances and theatrical representations of the Passion of Jesus Christ derived from the evangelization practices of the country’s earliest Christian missionaries.

Dozens of Chapala residents converged in downtown Guadalajara on Monday, March 23, to raise their voices against the development of the León–Solís aqueduct project, which they view as a direct threat to the sustainability of Lake Chapala. 

Over the past ten years, the Ajijic Feria de la Capirotada has been an annual highlight of the pre-Easter season. It was created as a unique culinary fair to showcase the sumptuous Mexican version of bread pudding, a favorite dessert specialty prepared exclusively during Lent.

Chapala’s Calle Zaragoza has been fully reopened following a five-month partial closure for a major overhaul. 

The Lake Chapala Society held a fractious and chaotic Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the membership on Tuesday, March 17. In the immediate aftermath and on the following morning, serious questions were raised about the results of the election of new board officers and the very legality of the proceedings. 

A recent court ruling by the Jalisco Electoral Tribunal  (TEJ) has all but guaranteed that Chapala’s next mayor will be a woman.

Mexico’s Easter observances go into full swing during Semana Santa (Holy Week), running this year from Palm Sunday, March 29, through Easter Sunday, April 5.  The traditional prelude to those seasonal religious activities is the tribute to La Virgen de Dolores (Our Lady of Sorrows), taking place on the last Friday of Lent, coming up on March 27.