Lake Chapala and Ajijic

Lake Chapala lies 30 miles south of Guadalajara and lot of American and Canadian retirees live there. The town of Ajijic (ah-hee-HEEK, soun...

Drug violence becomes terrorist violence

At least seven people were killed in a grenade attack on an independence day crowd. NTX photo On Aug. 30, an estimated 1 million people marc...

Discoveries in Guadalajara and Tonala

The street we live on, Pablo Neruda, has a tree-lined median strip that shows some of the best and worst of things here. The best is obviou...

Exploring the history of Mexico City

Diego Rivera´s murals in the National Palace are a marvelous history of the country from 2,000 years ago to the first part of the 20th centu...

Pagan, Catholic religions blend in Mexico

Cindy and I took a trip about an hour north of Mexico City and got to experience an interesting contrast in religious beliefs and observance...

Why governments are unstable in Latin America

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has nationalized a number of industries and shut down a television network that criticized him. Historians ...