The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
A vintage photo of the Chapala Malecón shows the lake rising to flood levels in October 1967, compared with a recent image taken earlier this week.
Saturday’s colorful Regata del Globos hot air balloon extravaganza was a delightful experience for the thousands of people who showed up at Ajijic’s soccer field. Although overcast, the rain held off and many dozens of balloons flew up into the afternoon and evening sky toward the mountains.
Chapala’s faithful will salute the city’s spiritual patron, San Francisco de Asís, with nine days of festivities that commence on Friday, September 26, and continue through Saturday, October 4.
The burgeoning waters of the Río Lerma, fueled by intense rainstorms this month, recently pushed the river over its banks into fields and towns along the eastern extremes of Lake Chapala.
Sébastien Moffett, the diplomat who took charge as Guadalajara’s latest Canadian Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner last month, spent a full day getting acquainted with the Chapala area on Friday, September 5.
Students and parents from Escuela Primaria Saúl Rodiles Piña took advantage of their participation in the Ajijic Día de Independencia parade to express dissatisfaction with the delays in rehabilitating the school’s facilities. They carried handmade signs as they marched through the streets, stopping to hang their messages of concern on the exterior fence as they passed the school’s location on Calle Hidalgo.
Earthquake evacuation exercises will be practiced in lakeshore communities and elsewhere throughout Mexico at noon on Friday, September 19.
In the state of Jalisco, the second Macrosimulacro Nacional of 2025 will be based on the hypothesis of an 8.1-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter located off the coast of La Huerta.
Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre Curiel is scheduled to deliver his annual Informe de Gobierno on Thursday, September 25, at 5 p.m. at the Centro para la Cultura y las Artes on the highway in La Floresta.
Guadalajara’s Palestine Solidarity Committee held a peaceful demonstration in Chapala last Sunday in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla, an initiative consisting of multiple boats heading to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid.
