Translate

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 19, 2021

Mexico News Today Monday, April 19, 2021

 

MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021

Mexico fell short on human rights file in 2020: international rights commission

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has criticized Mexico for failing to guarantee the human rights of a range of people last year. FULL STORY

AMLO to propose US fund tree-planting program in Central American nations

President López Obrador wants the United States to offer would-be Central American migrants a path to U.S. citizenship via Mexico's Sembrando Vida scheme. FULL STORY

Gunmen open fire on Covid vaccination brigade workers

Armed men attacked health personnel dispensing coronavirus vaccine shots in Michoacán. There were no injuries, but robbery may have been the motive for the attack. FULL STORY

Vaccine tourism: Mexicans who can afford it head north for a coronavirus shot

Dismayed by the slow rollout of shots at home, middle-class citizens from Mexico are traveling to the United States for the Covid vaccine. FULL STORY

More than a year after closing, some schools reopen in Campeche 

Students returned to in-person classes in various parts of the state on Monday for the first time since the pandemic began, but not all educators feel safe. FULL STORY

Patria vaccine is being developed in Mexico with US-sourced technology

Media reports were critical of the government for describing it as a homegrown invention. But the pharmaceutical is largely just that. FULL STORY

Zapatistas prepare for ocean voyage to Europe

The revolutionary indigenous group is sending the crew of seven to meet with people from various countries on the continent who have invited them to tell the rebels' story. FULL STORY

Youths get jail time after selling marijuana brownies 

There will be no more "space cakes" for connoisseurs of pot-based delicacies in Sonora after four young people were jailed for selling the laced desserts on social media. FULL STORY

MEXICO LIFE

Are Mexico’s iconic donkeys in danger of extinction?

Many believe the nation's pack animals are dying out, but they are still part of life in areas where using vehicles is near impossible, Leigh Thelmadatter writes. FULL STORY

MEXICO LIFE

When adding onion, let color be your guide

Even the three most common onion types — yellow, red or purple and white — bring subtle flavor differences to take into account, Janet Blaser writes in The Tropical Table. FULL STORY

With 23,000 illegal taps, thieves stole 14% of nation’s LP gas last year

The Mexican gas association Amexgas estimates there were 23,000 robberies from Pemex pipelines last year. FULL STORY

Cartel boss loses appeal; 20-year prison sentence stands

Mario “El Metro” Cárdenas, ex-leader of the Gulf Cartel and brother of former leader Osiel Cárdenas, will remain in jail. FULL STORY

Governor accused of assaulting teacher in beseiged Michoacán city

The educator said that state chief executive Silvano Aureoles assaulted him after an incident on Tuesday in the city of Aguililla. FULL STORY

Veracruz beach cleanup crew removes lumps of tar carried in by tide currents

Members of the Vida Milenaria Turtle Encampment and personnel from government agencies cleared more than five kilometers of coastline in Tecolutla. FULL STORY

Hundreds march in Sinaloa to demand justice in case of dog killed with axe

Protesters in Los Mochis accompanied environmental activist Arturo Islas Allende as he delivered a criminal complaint on behalf of Rodolfo, a mixed-breed canine. FULL STORY
ADVERTISEMENT
 
Learn more about RevenueStripe...

Sor Juana bill wins award

The new 100-peso bill has been named banknote of the year for 2020 by the International Bank Note Society. FULL STORY

San Miguel Literary Sala hosts online events with film stars turned authors

Despite the pandemic, the organization landed on its feet this year with upcoming interviews of two members of Hollywood royalty who have recently penned books. FULL STORY

THE MND POLL


THE STORY:
Michoacán governor confirms that Aguililla being held hostage by feuding cartels. 
FULL STORY
THE QUESTION: 
What would you do to resolve the situation in Aguililla, Michoacán? 
VOTE HERE
LAST POLL:
If you have not already been vaccinated against Covid, will you obtain a shot when it’s available? 
72% said they would. 
FULL RESULTS

ASSITA AO VIVO EM PORTUGUÊS The Rip Curl Narrabeen Classic presented by Corona QUARTAS DE FINAL

 


Sunday, April 18, 2021

ASSITA AO VIVO EM PORTUGUÊS The Rip Curl Narrabeen Classic presented by Corona RODADA DE 16


 

Cesar AldhairZipolite, punto de encuentro. · Santa María Tonameca, Mexico · 🐋🇲🇽😎 — at Punta Cometa Tours.

 










Hotel Nude Zipolite · Disfruta de nuestras promociones en cervezas y una gran variedad de mezcales en nuestras instalaciones frente al mar. ☀️🌊🌴🍻🥃😎 💢 SÚPER PROMOCIÓN 💢 2 cervezas (Victoria, Pacífico o Corona) Por $60 pesos‼️‼️ 💢MEZCALES💢 • Espadín joven • Reposado • Tepextate • Cuish • Madre cuish • Jabalí • Arróqueño • Tócala Y lo mejor es que vas a disfrutar de una vista espectacular frente al mar‼️ ☀️🌊🍻😎🥃🌴🏄🏻‍♀️🏄🏻🏄🏼‍♂️

 
Hotel Nude Zipolite

Disfruta de nuestras promociones en cervezas y una gran variedad de mezcales en nuestras instalaciones frente al mar.
☀️🌊🌴🍻🥃😎
💢 SÚPER PROMOCIÓN 💢
2 cervezas (Victoria, Pacífico o Corona)
Por $60 pesos‼️‼️
💢MEZCALES💢
• Espadín joven
• Reposado
• Tepextate
• Cuish
• Madre cuish
• Jabalí
• Arróqueño
• Tócala
Y lo mejor es que vas a disfrutar de una vista espectacular frente al mar‼️
☀️🌊🍻😎🥃🌴🏄🏻‍♀️🏄🏻🏄🏼‍♂️






Saturday, April 17, 2021

Vivir con discapacidad: En la Costa de Oaxaca enseñan que la inclusión nace desde la comunidad El Universal Oaxaca Asociación Piña Palmera, con sede en Zipolite, impulsa a 530 personas con discapacidad en la Costa de Oaxaca; también les proporciona ...

 Vivir con discapacidad: En la Costa de Oaxaca enseñan que la inclusión nace desde la comunidad

Asociación Piña Palmera, con sede en Zipolite, impulsa a 530 personas con discapacidad en la Costa de Oaxaca; también les proporciona ...

Hal yang dapat dilakukan di Zipolite. Playa del Amor(Love Beach) · San Pedro Pochutla. Peta Zipolite. Playa del Amor(Love Beach).

 


Zipolite
Zipolite. Oaxaca ... Hal yang dapat dilakukan di Zipolite. Playa del Amor(Love Beach) · San Pedro Pochutla. Peta Zipolite. Playa del Amor(Love Beach).

Very beautiful beach - Review of Playa del Amor, Zipolite, Mexico - Tripadvisor Tripadvisor Playa del Amor: Very beautiful beach - See 39 traveler reviews, 39 candid photos, and great deals for Zipolite, Mexico, at Tripadvisor.

 


Very beautiful beach - Review of Playa del Amor, Zipolite, Mexico - Tripadvisor
Playa del Amor: Very beautiful beach - See 39 traveler reviews, 39 candid photos, and great deals for Zipolite, Mexico, at Tripadvisor.

Beautiful beach - Review of Playa del Amor, Zipolite, Mexico - Tripadvisor TripAdvisor Playa del Amor: Beautiful beach - See 39 traveller reviews, 39 candid photos, and great deals for Zipolite, Mexico, at Tripadvisor.

 


Beautiful beach - Review of Playa del Amor, Zipolite, Mexico - Tripadvisor
Playa del Amor: Beautiful beach - See 39 traveller reviews, 39 candid photos, and great deals for Zipolite, Mexico, at Tripadvisor.

Vivir con discapacidad: En la Costa de Oaxaca enseñan que la inclusión nace desde la comunidad El Universal Oaxaca Asociación Piña Palmera, con sede en Zipolite, impulsa a 530 personas con discapacidad en la Costa de Oaxaca; también les proporciona ...

 

Living with a disability: On the Oaxaca Coast, they teach that inclusion is born from the community

Piña Palmera Association, based in Zipolite, promotes 530 people with disabilities in the Oaxaca Coast; it also provides training for them to have an independent life


Vivir con discapacidad: En la Costa de Oaxaca enseñan que la inclusión nace desde la comunidad
Asociación Piña Palmera, con sede en Zipolite, impulsa a 530 personas con discapacidad en la Costa de Oaxaca; también les proporciona ...


Pochutla.— The red, yellow and green threads are intertwined by patient and agile hands, and under the imperturbable gaze of Bartolomé Martínez , a 57-year-old man whom an accident 31 years ago left him paraplegic and for whom, due to lack of attention, his legs were amputated.

At the age of 16, Batolomé moved with his family to Zipolite , coming from Candelaria Loxicha. Nine years later, he was returning from the beach after his work as a farmer, when the heat and work made him thirsty. 

He saw a palm tree and decided to climb to cut a coconut: a bad movement made him slip and fall from 12 meters high. Today, a steel bar supports your spine.

“I suffered from depression, I felt alone, insecure. I was scared in the chair, until five years later I was able to take care of myself, but I had already lost my leg ”.
Now, Bartolomé leads an independent life. 

Two days a week he works cutting coconut for the civil association Piña Palmera , based in Zipolite. 

principal_4.jpg

He is also in charge of assembling toy birds that are hung, which are  made and painted by other people who also have disabilities, his other source of income .

Like Bartolomé, more than 530 people with disabilities receive care, rehabilitation and training to achieve an independent life at Piña Palmera, a non-profit organization with no public funding that works with families and community actors to achieve the inclusion of people with disability.

The association was founded in 1984 by the American Frank Douglas , whose intention was to create a shelter for people with disabilities, after detecting the lack of attention to this sector. When he died a year later, his work was continued by Anna Johansson.

principal_3.jpg

Flavia Esther Anua , who came to the organization 29 years ago and is currently the General Coordinator, relates that then they discovered that a shelter was not the appropriate space because the families did not understand the situation and did not take responsibility for their children, community, less.

"We thought about the best way to work with the community and with families so that people with disabilities themselves would stay in their surroundings," he recalls.

They then applied a methodology called Community Based Rehabilitation, which they later renamed Community Based Inclusion, which was initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the 1960s.

The main idea was to make accessible in isolated communities, with a team of specialists, care for people with disabilities. 

However, in Piña Palmera they lacked these specialists, since the communities they work with are isolated, rural and with difficult economic conditions.

“We have been building options for people with disabilities in our environment from the same strategy. The ultimate goal is to change attitudes and change the environment to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities ”.

The methodology goes beyond the person and their family, it includes all community actors, teaching and medical personnel, authorities, transporters and people with businesses.

principal_2.jpg

It has also developed a system that allows the association to grow to be self-sustaining and generate job options. They currently carry out various activities to promote inclusion processes . They also have workshops run by people with disabilities who have participated with them and have an advanced process; it is they who train the new ones. 

Thus, they have a carpentry shop, a workshop for making notebooks with recycled paper, one for toys, and another for beauty products based on coconut oil - ranging from shampoo, liquid and solid soap, toothpaste and mosquito repellants.

All these products are sold in a store with a fair trade approach.

Read: Mitla inclusive: Oaxaca, the only state to have two archaeological sites adapted for people with disabilities

There is also no prevention during pregnancy

It took Sofía Pérez and her husband Florencio five months to realize that their baby Ingrid had trisomy 21. 

“We had her in the Pochutla hospital and there they told us it was normal. My husband didn't earn much because he was a bricklayer's assistant. I never went to the midwife for lack of money. At four months his head was drooping and he was unable to eat. A lady told me she was sick, I said no, ”she recalls. 

His home is in Corcovado Petaca, a town in San Pedro Pochutla. The members of Piña Palmera visit them because they have not returned to therapy for the girl for more than a month. While they talk, they take the opportunity to give advice on a rehabilitation therapy that they can do from home. 

Sofía and Florencio are engaged in commerce: they buy fish on the coast and then go to municipalities in the Sierra to sell it. There they buy products from that region to resell them in Pochutla; what they earn is barely enough for their food and they have to work every day.

“Here, in these communities, the incidence of people with disabilities is very high, because health care for women since pregnancy does not exist. 

principal_5.jpg

“There is no adequate information, nutrition is very low because the economy is very low. They have their children close to home, not in hospitals because they don't even have time to get there and they are sometimes very far away. All these circumstances increase the number of people with disabilities, in addition to the use of toxins for crops ”, explains Flavia Anau.

The Piña Palmera association cares for 335 people with disabilities in Zipolite, where its facilities are located; in Puerto Escondido, where they come from various communities; in Santo Domingo de Morelos and in San Francisco Cozoaltepec.

Among the challenges, they point out, they find that sometimes people with disabilities just want to receive a pantry; the families who believe that "everything is solved with a magic wand" and the authorities who are not responsible.

Given this, the association must carry out informational actions in Zapotec  to guarantee that there is a change in attitude from the person with a disability and their family, and thus push all community actors.

The difficulties are always the conditions in which those with disabilities live: in an irregular geography that presents transport problems and a poor economy. 
Both problems have intensified with the pandemic, because neither they nor their families have been adequately informed. "And if they cannot participate, they are increasingly discriminated against," she says. 

“In education, for example, they were completely left out. We are in an indigenous rural environment and it becomes a very complex issue. Health is denied for people with disabilities. All this is setting people with disabilities adrift ”.

Flavia Anua maintains that in Mexico public policies are made on a desk and do not correspond to reality, since they only consist of “scholarships”. Public policy, he says, must guarantee equal opportunities, accessible transportation, health, adequate and accessible school. "In all this, we are still in diapers."

Boat tour - Puerto Escondido Puerto Escondido Embark on a boat with local fishermen at sunrise to watch Puerto Escondido's marine life. You will have the opportunity to see turtles, rays, dolphins, ...


Boat tour - Puerto Escondido
Embark on a boat with local fishermen at sunrise to watch Puerto Escondido's marine life. You will have the opportunity to see turtles, rays, dolphins, ...