Be thankful, I don´t specialize on Veracruz and Mexico News! The local pollyannas would really freak out!
The state news is grim. 10 were killed in 3 separate incidents on Monday. By now the state press almost ignores them. Twitterers of course go ape, especially now that the local governor jailed two for the equivalent of shouting fire in a casino. Meanwhile the Mexican congress is debating a law which would make it illegal to insult politicians.
And now for the Catemaco weather:
The first of 45 or so cold fronts hit this morning. Lovely, much needed rain! It got so cold, I actually wore a shirt in the house during the day!
And now to the Catemaco news desk:
The long neglected 100 year old clock tower was repaired with functioning clocks and a sound system. Of course, if you decide to sleep anywhere near the center of town, you will be inspired by the Mexican national anthem followed by church bells at 6 am.
Catemaco is still in the running to become one of the "pueblos magicos" which some pendejo bureaucrat now has decided to rename "Acuarelas Túristicas" (tourist watercolors). Hopefully, that will be after the long promised and more often announced 50 million pesos arrive to fix the sewage running down the streets.
The mayor has spread new gravel across most of the local country roads. It is really a great time to haunt the mountain nooks of Catemaco. Dried up streams are now running wild, more shades of green than fit on any palette and incredible vistas around every corner.
As usual some "asnos" blocked the road south from here followed the next day by a major washout of a culvert bridge that hasn't been fully repaired since last year. Check locally, before heading south. Unfortunatey there are no Twitterers updating news of the road, and, of course the federal and state agencies are too inept.
There is another news item, but I am too embarrassed to publish it here, so go there.
And on the Catemaco reading desk:
A young woman went partying in Catemaco and wrote about in Spanish
http://www.lacasarosacatemaco.com/reportajeCatemacoNights.html
Another one took a good look around and wrote about it in German
http://vallartina.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/laguna-encantada-%E2%80%93-der-see-der-hexer/
And, unbelievably, one of France's best newspapers published the farce of some imported foot stompers from Mexico City as "the ritual dances of Catemaco"
http://www.lemonde.fr/voyage/video/2011/08/29/les-danses-rituelles-de-catemaco_1563586_3546.html
The European interest may have something to with the skyrocketing (percentage wise) number of mostly European tourists flying into Veracruz City. (the peso is dirt cheap when valued against the Euro).
Update
The do not insult your legislator law was tabled supposedly because of social network opposition
As usual some "asnos" blocked the road south from here followed the next day by a major washout of a culvert bridge that hasn't been fully repaired since last year. Check locally, before heading south. Unfortunatey there are no Twitterers updating news of the road, and, of course the federal and state agencies are too inept.
There is another news item, but I am too embarrassed to publish it here, so go there.
And on the Catemaco reading desk:
A young woman went partying in Catemaco and wrote about in Spanish
http://www.lacasarosacatemaco.com/reportajeCatemacoNights.html
Another one took a good look around and wrote about it in German
http://vallartina.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/laguna-encantada-%E2%80%93-der-see-der-hexer/
And, unbelievably, one of France's best newspapers published the farce of some imported foot stompers from Mexico City as "the ritual dances of Catemaco"
http://www.lemonde.fr/voyage/video/2011/08/29/les-danses-rituelles-de-catemaco_1563586_3546.html
The European interest may have something to with the skyrocketing (percentage wise) number of mostly European tourists flying into Veracruz City. (the peso is dirt cheap when valued against the Euro).
Update
The do not insult your legislator law was tabled supposedly because of social network opposition
