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A little about Playa Zipolite, The Beach of the Dead . . .

Playa Zipolite, Oaxaca, Southern Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean. A little bit about my favorite little get-away on this small world of ours.

Zipolite, a sweaty 30-minute walk west from Puerto Angel, brings you to Playa Zipolite and another world. The feeling here is 1970's - Led Zep, Marley, and scruffy gringos.

A long, long time ago, Zipolite beach was usually visited by the Zapotecans...who made it a magical place. They came to visit Zipolite to meditate, or just to rest.

Recently, this beach has begun to receive day-trippers from Puerto Angel and Puerto Escondido, giving it a more TOURISTY feel than before.

Most people come here for the novelty of the nude beach, yoga, turtles, seafood, surf, meditation, vegetarians, discos, party, to get burnt by the sun, or to see how long they can stretch their skinny budget.

I post WWW Oaxaca, Mexico, Zipolite and areas nearby information. Also general budget, backpacker, surfer, off the beaten path, Mexico and beyond, information.

REMEMBER: Everyone is welcome at Zipolite.

ivan

Monday, April 13, 2020

Doctors warn of ‘ticking time bomb’ as citizens ignore safe distance measures It's like there is no health risk at all, the doctors said of several México state municipalities

MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2020

Doctors warn of ‘ticking time bomb’ as citizens ignore safe distance measures

Doctors at hospitals in several México state municipalities warned that many citizens are ignoring social distancing recommendations amid the coronavirus pandemic. FULL STORY

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Doctors warn of ‘ticking time bomb’ as citizens ignore safe distance measures

It's like there is no health risk at all, the doctors said of several México state municipalities

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Doctors at hospitals in several México state municipalities have warned of a “ticking time bomb” as many citizens ignore the government’s social distancing recommendations amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Doctors in municipalities including Tlalnepantla, Ecatepec, Tecámac, Nezahualcóyotl, La Paz and Chalco – all of which are in the greater Mexico City metropolitan area – told the newspaper El Financiero that many residents don’t accept that Covid-19 even exists or don’t follow the recommended health measures, such as staying at home, because of their precarious economic situation.
Markets are crowded with people, street food stalls and small restaurants known as fondas continue to attract large numbers of customers, public transit is full, children are playing in the streets and locals are holding parties, they added.
It’s like there is no health risk at all, the doctors said, describing the gatherings as “large focuses of infection.”
The doctors charged that municipal authorities are not doing enough to warn people about Covid-19 and its risks and as a consequence residents are continuing to work, go shopping and eat outside their homes as if coronavirus didn’t exist.
Some patients with the telltale symptoms of coronavirus, such as fever and a dry cough, are not tested for the disease and therefore their illnesses are not classified as Covid-19, they said. The doctors also said that their hospitals lack equipment, medicines and personnel to give adequate treatment to coronavirus patients.
“This situation turns these marginalized areas into a ticking time bomb that could explode very soon,” they told El Financiero.
“After Mexico City, we’re the state with the most cases. … The problem will be huge without the reorganization of hospitals, without [enough] ventilators.”
Mónica Bautista, a federal deputy who represents México state, said that the doctors’ demand for more personal protective equipment (PPE) has not been met. The lack of PPE is the cause of Covid-19 infections among medical personnel in the state, she said, adding that the director of the emergency department at the La Perla hospital in Nezahualcóyotl lost his life to the disease.
Bautista, a lawmaker with the Democratic Revolution Party, was also critical of the fact that some doctors are earning a fortnightly salary of just 8,000 pesos (US $340). The doctors themselves said that about 20% of those employed at public hospitals in several México state municipalities don’t even have a contract and as a result cannot access benefits including free medical care.
Although President López Obrador claimed on Saturday that “the vast majority” of Mexicans are doing the right thing and staying at home as much as possible, the picture painted by the México state doctors tells a very different story.
Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell also contradicted the president, stating Saturday night that social distancing recommendations are not being adhered to as the government would like in some parts of the country.
“Schools were closed on March 23 and that was the most solid contribution to the healthy distance [initiative] because from one day to the next about 15 million stopped traveling [on the nation’s streets]. The suspension of the remainder of [nonessential] activities was added later but … it hasn’t been fully respected,” he told reporters at the nightly coronavirus press briefing.
López-Gatell called on state health authorities and governors to take the necessary decisions and implement the operations required to ensure that the social distancing rules are upheld.
A stricter “stay at home” rule to limit the spread of Covid-19 took effect in Sonora on Monday and Nuevo León Governor Jaime Rodríguez Calderón said Friday that his government was also considering the option of using the police to ensure people comply with the order not to go out.
Although he said on March 31 that the commencement of the government’s social distancing initiative should soon result in a decrease in the number of coronavirus cases reported on a daily basis, López-Gatell said Saturday that it was still too soon to know the impact of the measures put in place.
Confirmed cases of Covid-19 have continued to rise steadily in April and the total is now approaching 5,000. Just under 300 people in Mexico have lost their lives to the disease, which has now killed close to 120,000 people around the world.
Source: El Financiero (sp), El Universal (sp) 


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Saturday, April 11, 2020

Municipalities close the way to coronavirus

Municipalities close the way to coronavirus


At least 28 municipalities in Oaxaca have determined to close accesses and exits to their communities as extreme measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 contagion.
The cases documented by the Human Rights Defender of the People of Oaxaca (DDHPO) contemplate San Lorenzo Albarradas, a population that determined to prohibit the entrance to the Hierve el Agua tourist spot.
Another town is Capulálpam de Méndez, which in addition to closing accesses established a curfew.
Villa Alta did the same, same as this Thursday, according to a complaint from the medical and nursing staff working in the town, by restricting free movement they were retained.
In Santiago Astata the population agreed to close the beaches and their agencies.
In San Dionisio del Mar they closed the main access to the population.
In Valle Nacional they prohibited access to ecotourism areas in San Mateo Yetla.
The same restricted access in Cerro Marín, Rancho Grande, Nuevo Palantla in the Cuenca.
San Juan Mixtepec, San Antonino Monteverde, Santa María Camotlán, Asunción Nochixtlán, Santa María Colotepec, Santa María Huatulco, Tonameca, San Mateo Piñas, San Miguel Puerto, La merced del Potrero, Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Puerto Escondido Beaches, Zicatela joined with the restriction measures.
In addition, the beaches of Huatulco, Zipolite in Pochutla, likewise San Pedro Mixtepec, Villa de Zachila, Magdalena Apasco Etla, San Andrés Huayapam, Tlalixtac de Cabrera.
Respect for human rights
The head of the DDHPO, Bernardo Rodríguez Alamilla indicated that, although the communities that are governed by indigenous regulatory systems have the right to decide in community assembly about internal life, these actions must respect human rights.
“These actions have a limit and this is the limit of human rights. We respect their powers, but we ask that in this decision, human rights not be violated and that these actions be based on scientific criteria, that they be respectful of human dignity, not arbitrary or discriminatory, ”he stressed.
He added that in crisis contexts the population often panics and based on this make radical decisions, however, you should not lose sight of the technical criteria established by the authorities so as not to fall into arbitrariness and discriminatory situations, even placing yourself in risk.
“These geographical spaces or territories may somehow put other rights such as free transit, food and the right to health at risk, since by restricting free transit, it may be that no medicines arrive or an ambulance in the journey from one community to another, if this geographic space is closed, it is probably going to be late to offer a service and could be counterproductive, "he stressed.


Wednesday, April 8, 2020

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Mexico’s Beaches Are Still Full Of Crowds Celebrating Semana Santa Despite Calls For Social Distancing

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Mexico’s Beaches Are Still Full Of Crowds Celebrating Semana Santa Despite Calls For Social Distancing
BY JUSTIN LESSNER | APRIL 7, 2020 AT 3:27 PM

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Although Mexico’s President has come under fire from much of the international community for his relaxed approach to confronting the Covid-19 crisis, many municipalities and states are taking an aggressive stance to halt the pandemic.

In fact, all of Mexico’s more than 6,000 miles of coastline have been closed. That means zero access to beaches – a major draw for millions of local and international tourists.

Officially, all of Mexico’s beaches are closed.

CREDIT: @LOCALESOAXACA / TWITTER
Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell told a press conference on Thursday that the closure order applies to every beach in the country until the end of the national emergency on April 30.

“The order has been given. It obliges state and municipal authorities to take coherent measures and suspend tourist activity on beaches, be it international or local tourism,” he said.

Other states had already begun to close beaches earlier this week.
No son vacaciones, esta es una emergencia sanitaria nacional. A partir de ya, se cancelan los servicios turísticos de Jalisco, con todo y playas. Queremos que cuando esto termine, no faltes tú y no nos falte nadie más. #QuédateEnCasa, escucha este mensaje y compártelo: pic.twitter.com/KoNMwM76au

— Enrique Alfaro (@EnriqueAlfaroR) April 1, 2020
Those closures impacted some of the county’s most popular tourist attractions, including Baja California Sur, Baja California and Oaxaca, where local authorities closed down the country’s only nudist beach, Zipolite. Like beaches throughout Mexico, Zipolite is a big draw during the Semana Santa (Easter Week) vacation in April.

Authorities in Tamaulipas and Sonora had also begun to close beaches before the order, and Guerrero announced Wednesday that its beaches would be closed beginning Thursday.

“The state government makes this delicate decision in an unsatisfactory setting: we have had to choose between protecting life and suspending economic activity,” the state government said in a press release.

These authorities recognize that the economy – although it will be impacted – will recover.

CREDIT: SECRETARIA DE SALUD / GOBIERNO DE MEXICO
It said that the economy will always be recoverable as long as the human factor still exists and urged citizens to stay at home and practice other methods of social distancing.

But not everyone seems to have got the memo – as miles of beaches remained full of vacationers.

CREDIT: PIXABAY
Even though it’s been proven that social distancing is our greatest tool against the growing pandemic, some are choosing to ignore these guidelines. And as a result, their risking the health of millions.

Over the weekend, people decided to defy the government’s order to stay at home and instead enjoy a day out at the beach in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. The newspaper Milenio reported that Playa Villa del Mar near the port city of Veracruz was packed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with both revelers and vendors offering products such as swimming suits, food and alcoholic beverages.

President López Obrador on Friday ruled out any possibility of implementing “draconian measures” such as a curfew to contain the spread of Covid-19, while he said two weeks ago that he wanted to avoid a complete shutdown of the economy because it would disproportionately hurt the poor.

As if people needed another reason to stay clear of beaches – other than you know, a global pandemic – wild animals are making a comeback in less populated areas.

CREDIT: @INFOLLITERAS / TWITTER
Videos have captured the animals in Quintana Roo, where the resorts of Cancun and Riviera Maya are located.

One video, which has been watched 120,000 times on Facebook, shows a huge crocodile swimming along a canal between balconies. The people filming express their shock at the animal as he swims past without stopping for the people watching him.

Another video captured a jaguar roaming the streets of Tulum. According to local media, the big cat was spotted near the Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya Resort & Spa.

Monday, April 6, 2020

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There won’t be Easter vacation: health minister The Easter Week holiday begins this week but Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell reminded the public that people will have to spend it at home in the continued effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. FULL STORY

There won’t be Easter vacation: health minister

The Easter Week holiday begins this week but Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell reminded the public that people will have to spend it at home in the continued effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. FULL STORY

Clocks changed Sunday for daylight saving time Clocks across the country were set to spring forward an hour at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday. FULL STORY

Clocks changed Sunday for daylight saving time

Clocks across the country were set to spring forward an hour at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday. FULL STORY

Some are resisting warnings to maintain healthy distance Social distancing is society’s foremost weapon against the coronavirus pandemic but while many in Mexico have heeded the call to keep their distance from each other, some have not. FULL STORY

Some are resisting warnings to maintain healthy distance

Social distancing is society’s foremost weapon against the coronavirus pandemic but while many in Mexico have heeded the call to keep their distance from each other, some have not. FULL STORY

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Covid-19 threat failed to keep people away from the beach in Veracruz on the weekend. Covid-19 threat failed to keep people away from the beach in Veracruz on the weekend.

Some are resisting warnings to maintain healthy distance

A Veracruz beach was busy on the weekend while nonessential businesses remain open in the capital

Social distancing is society’s foremost weapon against the coronavirus pandemic but while many in Mexico have heeded the call to keep their distance from each other, some have not.
Young couples in parks and plazas in parts of Mexico City and México state are openly flouting the government’s “healthy distance” recommendations, according to a report by the newspaper El Universal, at least one beach in Veracruz remained busy over the weekend and customers at many street food stalls continue to chow down on snacks such as tacos and tortas while standing or seated cheek by jowl.
Those still using public transportation in the capital are finding buses and subway cars much emptier than usual but nevertheless cannot always maintain the recommended 1.5 meters of separation – or choose not to.
In a park in the eastern Mexico City borough of Iztacalco, one woman canoodling with her boyfriend told El Universal that she thought the social distancing measures put in place by the government were too extreme.
Identified only as Susana, the woman said that she didn’t know anyone with Covid-19 and that she believed it was a hoax.
“There’s no disease, they made it up … If there was a disease, I would already know someone who died,” she said before declaring “nothing will happen,” a remark that echoes the words uttered by President López Obrador in the first half of March when recommending that people continue hugging each other.
“They’re asking us to stay at home but we’re taking advantage of our free time to be together,” said Susana, who ironically shares her name with the cartoon superhero heroine, Susana Distancia (Your Healthy Distance), created by the government to help disseminate the social distancing message.
Over the weekend, many more people decided to defy the government’s order to stay at home and instead enjoy a day out at the beach in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. The newspaper Milenio reported that Playa Villa del Mar near the port city of Veracruz was packed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with both revelers and vendors offering products such as swimming suits, food and alcoholic beverages.
Although the federal government has ordered the closure of beaches to mitigate the spread of Covid-19, no municipal, state or federal security forces sought to enforce the rule at Villa del Mar on the weekend.
Municipal authorities explained that they didn’t have the authority to ask people to leave because Mexico’s beaches are classified as federal zones. The state government said that it would move people on from beaches but despite its stated intention failed to do so at Villa del Mar.
Back in the capital, some non-essential businesses – including hair salons, tattoo parlors, repair shops and car washes – have defied the government’s order to close in boroughs including Iztacalco, Iztapalapa and Coyoacán and many street vendors continue to ply their trade on the streets of the capital and in the México state municipalities of Toluca, Metepec and Zinacantepec.
Workers who spoke with El Universal said that they couldn’t afford not to work, a situation that makes strict social distancing measures less viable in Mexico than some other countries.
President López Obrador on Friday ruled out any possibility of implementing “draconian measures” such as a curfew to contain the spread of Covid-19, while he said two weeks ago that he wanted to avoid a complete shutdown of the economy because it would disproportionately hurt the poor.
However, the government declared a health emergency last Monday, suspending non-essential activities until April 30 and announcing sanctions for businesses that refuse to comply.
Source: El Universal (sp), Milenio (sp)