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Drugged cop in fatal accident

A Guadalajara police officer under the influence of cocaine was at the wheel of a patrol car involved in an accident that took the life of a nine-mont...

Lagos celebrates

Last week,  the picturesque Jalisco town of Lagos de Moreno celebrated the 450th anniversary of its foundation.

Vallarta comes clean

Leading up to the Easter vacation, Puerto Vallarta authorities removed many illegal billboards and canvas signs, and also painted over ugly wall publi...

Atlas going strong in the Liga MX

Despite recently suffering a first home defeat of the season to Santos Laguna, local soccer team Atlas remains just two points behind Tigres at the to...

Police rescue missing teens

Two teenage siblings who went missing on Monday, April 8 were found safe and sound early the following morning by Chapala police. The sister and broth...

Savvy analyst provides broad view on Mexican economy

Distinguished Mexican academic and award-winning media commentator Leo Zuckerman provided a well-rounded analysis of Mexico’s economy to an attentive ...

Pope Francis dogged by polemic ties to military junta

Jorge Bergoglio, who became the first Latin American Pope on Wednesday, has long faced accusations of collaborating with the military junta that ruled...

Johanna Jacob

Johanna Jacob, who lived with her family at Lakeside from 2004 to 2009, passed away peacefully in her home in Montclair, New Jersey on March 26.

Expat Living

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Book fans meet at Amsoc

Lovers of literature at the American Society (Amsoc) are meeting on the third Thursday of each month (usually) to discuss books and “have a barrel of ...

Charity focuses on needy families

Operation Feed, an organization that has quietly been taking weekly packages of food to aid the neediest in San Juan Cosala for many years, sees the n...

Calling all swimmers: pros and amateurs

Swimmers are invited to take part in the third edition of the Aguas Abiertas Riviera Nayarit, at Marina Riviera Nayarit in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle on S...

La Manzanilla Memo - April 13, 2013

License experience

Getting a Mexican driver’s license was the most fun I’ve had with this country’s bureaucracy in the 13 years I’ve dealt it. My Cal...

City Living - April 13, 2013

Run for environment

An Earth Day race (Carrera Verde Dia de la Tierra) sponsored by the U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara takes place at the Parq...

Laguna Chapalac - April 13, 2013

Benefit for peace

As part of the celebration of the 16th Annual Gandhi-King Season for Peace and Non-Violence, a buffet breakfast was held every Wedn...

North Banderas Beat - April 6, 2013

A smaller PEACE

It would be a vast understatement to say that community leaders in the northshore were caught off-guard by the news of the demise of ...

Arts & Entertainment

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Popular Toronto and San Francisco entertainers at El Piano Rojo

When 13-year-old Kevin Levesque performed his first Broadway-style number in his parent’s living room, he knew he had found his calling. 

Ribera Arts Review - April 13, 2013

The Naked Stage

The Naked Stage stages minimalistic play readings for adult theater lovers. Their next presentation will be “Boston Marriage” by Davi...

Evening of music at historic hacienda

The ex-Hacienda de Huejotitan will be the setting for a concert by the Chapala Orchestra on Saturday, April 13, 7 p.m.

Killing Them Softly

A professional enforcer investigates the brazen robbery of a high-stakes mob poker game in this crime thriller  adapted from a novel by George V. Higg...

Columns

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They’re here!

Granted, it’s a little early but that particular croaking-screeching call of the wild that you’re hearing in your garden really is that of the “rain b...

Politics and parturition

During that just-past “crazy” March — from the Mexican saying, Febrero loco, Marzo mas poco —‘Nando Diaz Mendez had an unusual occurrence in the small...

Mexican Lifestyles

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Foodies drool as consulates roll out another International Food Festival

On Sunday, April 28, you might learn how to say “yummy” in several different languages. At the very least, you can sample the creme de la creme of int...

1 in 5 patients unhappy with IMSS service

Surveys carried out by the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS) in recent years show that around 80 percent of those covered in the national hea...

Skiing in Mexico: whatever next!

Most Mexicans with handsome incomes head to Whistler or Vail for their winter skiing experiences.  But those without such financial resources, or thos...

Tapatios incline for Jane Austen

Two hundred years after it was published, hundreds of Tapatio literary enthusiasts will celebrate World Book Day by reading Jane Austen’s classic nove...

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