Rumors of an oven to burn killed dogs in Catemaco have surfaced.
Catemaco has a large number of street dogs. The most noticeable ones are the ones with 3 legs and a fourth one dangling, others with skin resembling craters on Mars, more with eyes so full of pus their vision possibly equals Picasso. Many ramble with the ties that they escaped from.
In female heat season, dozens of male dogs with stupid looks on their faces pursue usually tiny female conquests in all of Catemaco's colonias.
Whenever the street dog population gets to the point where locals begin complaining, an undocumented kill program goes into effect. Poison is laid in hidden areas, midnight stranglers walk the alleys, and for a few days the downtown area is surprisingly free of canine mascots usually well fed by uncollected garbage from the butcher shops of the central market.
I am one of the dog killers of Catemaco.
Of six canines I rescued from Catemaco streets, only 3 survive.
My first love, "Pinche Perra", a husky, now more than six years old, found me near Playa Azul, and only took a week to stop biting me.
The next puppy dog "Bobbi" broke my Popoluca's heart after rescuing him from certain death near the Canseco bridge and healing him only to see him run over by a speeding taxi on the Malecon.
"Hellman" puppy named after someone said we should name him "Mayo", was thrown over my fence in my beach resort in Escuinapan. 800 pesos of veterinary bills restored him to life and later he went to live to a hopefully happy live with our electrician.
"La Pulga" chihuhahua arrived as a left handed present from someone who had too many of them. I hated the little useless monster and forced the family to give him away.
Adult "Bobbi 2", came with an abandoned house we rented and proved his wildness by biting our neighbor. He remained almost uncontrollable except by his boss, me, until I moved him to my beach resort where he promptly dug through 3000 pesos worth of dog proof fences and fought with a highway 180 truck and lost.
"El Guapo", possibly the ugliest dog in Catemaco, wagged his hairless tail at me when moving to our offices on the Malecon. He was living in a culvert in front of us and I mistakingly fed him once after which he refused to budge from my side. So I spent 80 pesos on anti mange medicines and some antibiotics and within 6 weeks he was growing lots of hair on his almost bald body and gained 8 pounds. My Popoluca by then was getting uppity about my hairy and diseased strange dogs and I moved him and "Pinche Perra" to the beach resort and they lived happily for a while. He liked sleeping atop the screen atop the well there, unfortunately, the screen, possibly rusted, broke and he fell into the well. It was a rainy Sunday, when noone was there, and I still imagine him swimming in circles and howling before drowning.
So now it's just me and my "Pinche Perra" who sleeps under my bed, under my computer station when I am there, in my truck when I let her, or wherever I decide to sit.
She is smart enough to never to do anything that I need her to do against her liking and is a real pain in the ass. The only time she listens is when I say attack, and she pretends to know how to bark and bite. O yeah, and "vamonos" when she knows she can jump in my truck and hang out her face to the wind and visit strange places with lots of doggy smelly.
Unless a do good organization in Catemaco provides a canine shelter, I will support the killing of street dogs in Catemaco. There are just too many of them. I would like this to be done humanely, without strangling or poisoning them. A crematorium is a functional step. Dogs that lived, walked and ate with us while unconditionally loving us, and were abandoned for one perverse reason or another, deserve better than to just be killed and dumped into the garbage.
Sep 17, 2008
Jul 19, 2008
HURRAH
The formerly best loved, read and respected "The News" of Mexico City is now online
Founded in 1950 by the Novedades newspaper consortium, the paper lasted till 2002 when Novedades went broke. In late 2007 "The News" reopened.
Read a wikipedia article about the fascinating news business in Mexico.
Link to the new "The News".
Founded in 1950 by the Novedades newspaper consortium, the paper lasted till 2002 when Novedades went broke. In late 2007 "The News" reopened.
Read a wikipedia article about the fascinating news business in Mexico.
Link to the new "The News".
Jul 12, 2008
Make my day in Catemaco
The rainy season is now in full swing, Surprisingly the month of June was the wettest in my personal history, but the strength of rains was the weakest. To make up for that, last night the first major rain hit. "Major" is defined by whether I can drive along parts of the Malecon pretending I am in a mine field of wash downs. Meanwhile though, the rest of the state of Veracruz has been and is being heavily damaged, with the no-haves being the usual victims.
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The apparently color blind mayor of Catemaco is in the process of painting anything he likes in RED. Sort of reminds me of "High Plains Drifter", an old Clint Eastwood movie.
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After 6 years Catemaco tourism is booming. A 2 room B&B recently opened plus a 5 room motel/whore house on the carretera.
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A local hotel owner (Prashanti) is spending more on internet promotion of his dinky hotel on the shores of the laguna than probably the entire tourism secretariat of Veracruz
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My dead mom told me never to say anything negative unless I could pay for it. So I'll skip the next dozen comments.-----------
The Tuxtlas airport pipe dream is still being discussed. Location is downhill from San Andrés, far enough so that going to Veracruz would not make much difference for those coming to Catemaco.
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At last count Catemaco had more street festivals or street closures than people earning more than 20 dollars per day. What a way to keep the ignorants happy!
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A favorite pastime of political expression in Mexico is blockading highways. Veracruz in the last few months is really excelling here. The road to Eyipantla waterfall was closed for most of a day. Xalapa was inaccessible from the port city. Cordoba was isolated. Coatzacoalcos was stranded. The Tehuantepec Ishmus as usual suffered several disruptions. Don´t none of these jerks know who they voted for?
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Mexico to my benefit is still affording me my gas guzzling SUV by subsidizing the cost of the gas that those magnificent Mexican economists import from the US (40% of total consumption).
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Another magnifico ingeniero from the Biosfera (local biosphere reserve) bitched about continuing deforestation of the area at the tune of 8500 acres per year after scrounging more than 10 million dollars over many years from international do gooders. Add a few more bucks and we can buy the whole kaboodle.
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Property taxes in Catemaco were raised to approximately the cost of 6 happy meals at McDonalds. But a new state gimmick went into effect whereby the expected tax returns from vehicle registations were mortgaged for 15 years, with a mickey mouse up front payment that the local mayor will probably spend to paint RED the surrounding hills.
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Local Piratas (pick up truck taxis) joined the political fray by parking their vehicles demanding to be allowed to stuff 12 or more passengers into their pickups without seat belts.
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The newest restaurant in Catemaco closed after 2 weeks. Two months later a new owner opened it again this week. Meanwhile though, a Sushi bar opened in San Andrés.
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A third department store wants to enter San Andrés. More 50 brands of hot dogs and no unscented toilet paper and yawning cashiers.
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The first vehicle inspection office opened in Catemaco. Prices seem to be fixed at around 300 pesos if you don´t pass.
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The federal highway police painted all their cars dark blue. Why? Who the hell knows. (The current political party is medium blue!)
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Photo of Tegogolo: Christian Bernardo Velasco
A curious aspect of local journalism is describing an influential owner's property as a "conocido" (known). Such as "the accident occured in front of a hotel "conocido", or "politicians had lunch at a restaurant "conocido". That stops none of these toilet papers from publishing the most gruesome photos of local crime, accident or rape victims, including names, ages, and possibly their grandmother's maiden name.
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The apparently color blind mayor of Catemaco is in the process of painting anything he likes in RED. Sort of reminds me of "High Plains Drifter", an old Clint Eastwood movie.
---------
After 6 years Catemaco tourism is booming. A 2 room B&B recently opened plus a 5 room motel/whore house on the carretera.
-----------
A local hotel owner (Prashanti) is spending more on internet promotion of his dinky hotel on the shores of the laguna than probably the entire tourism secretariat of Veracruz
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My dead mom told me never to say anything negative unless I could pay for it. So I'll skip the next dozen comments.-----------
The Tuxtlas airport pipe dream is still being discussed. Location is downhill from San Andrés, far enough so that going to Veracruz would not make much difference for those coming to Catemaco.
-----------
At last count Catemaco had more street festivals or street closures than people earning more than 20 dollars per day. What a way to keep the ignorants happy!
-----------
A favorite pastime of political expression in Mexico is blockading highways. Veracruz in the last few months is really excelling here. The road to Eyipantla waterfall was closed for most of a day. Xalapa was inaccessible from the port city. Cordoba was isolated. Coatzacoalcos was stranded. The Tehuantepec Ishmus as usual suffered several disruptions. Don´t none of these jerks know who they voted for?
-----------
Mexico to my benefit is still affording me my gas guzzling SUV by subsidizing the cost of the gas that those magnificent Mexican economists import from the US (40% of total consumption).
-----------
Another magnifico ingeniero from the Biosfera (local biosphere reserve) bitched about continuing deforestation of the area at the tune of 8500 acres per year after scrounging more than 10 million dollars over many years from international do gooders. Add a few more bucks and we can buy the whole kaboodle.
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Property taxes in Catemaco were raised to approximately the cost of 6 happy meals at McDonalds. But a new state gimmick went into effect whereby the expected tax returns from vehicle registations were mortgaged for 15 years, with a mickey mouse up front payment that the local mayor will probably spend to paint RED the surrounding hills.
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Local Piratas (pick up truck taxis) joined the political fray by parking their vehicles demanding to be allowed to stuff 12 or more passengers into their pickups without seat belts.
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The newest restaurant in Catemaco closed after 2 weeks. Two months later a new owner opened it again this week. Meanwhile though, a Sushi bar opened in San Andrés.
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A third department store wants to enter San Andrés. More 50 brands of hot dogs and no unscented toilet paper and yawning cashiers.
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The first vehicle inspection office opened in Catemaco. Prices seem to be fixed at around 300 pesos if you don´t pass.
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The federal highway police painted all their cars dark blue. Why? Who the hell knows. (The current political party is medium blue!)
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Possibly the most courageous person in the world was who ate the first oyster. Directly followed by a dweller in Catemaco who ate a tegogolo. (fresh water snail). Meanwhile despite numerous contamination reports, sales of those local slimes are booming possibly because of their alleged aphrodisiacal qualities.
Photo of Tegogolo: Christian Bernardo Velasco
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The most prime property still undeveloped on the Malecon in Catemaco, possibly valued at several millions of dollars, just added 5 bathrooms to accomodate a parking lot that will probably be used less than 40 days a year. Of course they pay their property taxes in happy meals.
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The local mayor had his brothers arrested apparently because they wanted to complain to the visiting governor.
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A curious aspect of local journalism is describing an influential owner's property as a "conocido" (known). Such as "the accident occured in front of a hotel "conocido", or "politicians had lunch at a restaurant "conocido". That stops none of these toilet papers from publishing the most gruesome photos of local crime, accident or rape victims, including names, ages, and possibly their grandmother's maiden name.-----------
Most of the current news items were published in Spanish on Catemaco Noticias.
Catemaco Update 2 of 2
One of my favorite foolish friends in Catemaco, allowed his wife to crash her car against another without insurance 7 months ago. On Sunday morning, 7 months later, the local process servers tried to arrest her.
My foolish friend naturally arranged to pay the complainant the 16000 pesos damages.
Current cost apart from 16000 pesos damages:
15000 pesos bribes, including a 6000 peso bond for the damages already paid.
And it is not finished. And yes, he now has insurance!
Jun 20, 2008
Escaping Catemaco
A young mother and daughter from Catemaco drowned a few days ago while trying to cross the flooded Rio Grande desperate to illegally reach the land of milk and honey.
About the same time a bus load of Cubans arrested in the Yucatan waters were freed by the usual skimasked artillery equipped commandos that no one ever catches in Mexico. And then for the worm in the Mezcal, 18 of these Cubans then successfully by-passed the dozen miltary inspections on the infected highway to the US Texan border and presented themselves for their "Get out of jail free" card.
They should throw them back into the Rio Grande.
About the same time a bus load of Cubans arrested in the Yucatan waters were freed by the usual skimasked artillery equipped commandos that no one ever catches in Mexico. And then for the worm in the Mezcal, 18 of these Cubans then successfully by-passed the dozen miltary inspections on the infected highway to the US Texan border and presented themselves for their "Get out of jail free" card.
They should throw them back into the Rio Grande.
Jun 4, 2008
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