PEPITO ASKS:DID YOU KNOW…? —That our website www.chapala.com is currently receiving more than six million hits per month! —That all the ads and articles in our magazine also appear on our website! —That our magazine is now all in color all the time, and the response to this innovation has been terrific! —That the […]
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Meeting Anne Frank’s Childhood Friend By Carol L. Bowman Eighty-two year old Hanneli Pick-Goslar introduced herself but her identity remained a mystery to the sixteen Overseas Adventure travelers seated in a small room at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, Israel. Mouths fell agape and ears perked up when she uttered her first
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A Busy Time At The End Of The Year For Cruz Roja (Red Cross) December 1, 2010 at Cruz Roja International Volunteers Chapala (CRIVC) General Meeting a New Board was elected. This New Board is made up of all Volunteers. 2011 CRIVC Board: President: Pancho Deriger, Vice President: Debbie Thompson, Treasurer: Raylene Williamson, Secretary:
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Mexico’s Leapfrog Into The 21st Century By Richard Rhoda, PHD After the fifty year “Mexican Miracle” of unprecedented economic growth and low inflation, the country struggled for a couple decades before leapfrogging into the 21st century as a relatively modern democracy with a stable economy. Plunging oil prices contributed to the “lost decade” of
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A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. Against the Grain “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” (Hippocrates) If you suffer from any of the following disorders, your breakfast cereal or that slice of toast may be making you sick! Often for weight loss, it is recommended that people
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CHILD of the month By Rich Petersen Osvaldo Padilla Contreras This beautiful smile belongs to Osvaldo Padilla Contreras, now 15 years of age. I wrote about Osvaldo three years ago and thought you might want to read a little update on him. Osvaldo lives with his mother, Yolanda, and older brother, Juan Luis, age
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Focus on Art By Rob Mohr Isidro Xilotl (El Chivo),The Artist and the Man Hidden in the dark interior of the artist Isidro Xilonzóchitl lays the pain, guilt, suffering, and rage that consumed him when in 1995 an out-of-control truck crashed into his car and took the life of his oldest son. “I
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Viva la Vida LocaBy Sergio Drumond SERGIO DRUMOND is an artist, theologian and writer. Born in Brazil, he worked in Europe and Asia as a book illustrator, cartoonist, painter and animator. He also lived in the Philippines, Japan, and Thailand, teaching art as well as helping NGOs with social and relief work. He and his
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STAY HEALTHY! By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D.t Medicines, Compounds–Laws and the Truth Part II. In my previous article, (December 2010) I tried to give an overview of “counter drugs“ and nutritional supplements. Some experimental and preliminary reports require a follow- up of testing protocols before final marketing approval. Today, medicine claims are based
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