Los Tuxtlas, famous for its magnificent environment, is also the hunting territory for 100´s of predators making a living off well meaning research institutions and governments.
While researching Catemaco and Los Tuxtlas I am constantly amazed by the number of organizations and dollars / pesos expended on activities in Los Tuxtlas.
By now, I would expect Los Tuxtlas to be paved in gold, with every inhabitant driving a large sport utilty vehicle, and buying frozen enchiladas..
Although that is apparent in a few instances, the rest of Los Tuxtlas is as usual, totally impoverished, with tens of thousands stretching for politically scheduled hand outs.
Anecdotally:
A known Catemaco biologist reams international fund for dinero, buys late model SUV and plants 24 trees.
The last mayor borrowed 16 million pesos, made them disappear and nobody cares.
There are at least 100 basketball courts in Los Tuxtlas, but only very few communities actually own a basket ball.
Lately all the "right" people and communities are getting greenhouses, which usually last a season until the seeds are used up, or the housing blows away.
Next month it will be mini pig farms or maybe tractors, boat engines or 18 speed hair dryers to promote self employment.
Considering the monies being spent on "do good" projects in Los Tuxtlas and the rest of Mexico, I do keep wondering where it goes. Maybe that is why so many former government employees from the US are retiring her.
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