Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, won the presidency in 2018.
He laid out a five-year plan with a call for a “new paradigm” in justice. It was a recognition that neither the police nor the military could snuff out demand for drugs in Mexico itself.
Two years on, the plan seems like a failure. Violence is up. The gangs haven’t been displaced. Other countries have warned against nonessential travel to various Mexican states. https://www.facebook.com/LaPazBajaSurMexico/posts/10159862235318539

The Ministry of Health reported 5,211 new infections of COVID-19 in Mexico, 1,448,755 since the start of the pandemic last February.
While with 362 deaths registered in 24 hours, accumulated deaths from complications of the disease rose to 127,213, according to the latest update of the daily report.
https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/105500543114998252

Good morning La Paz & Baja California Sur!! Have a marvelous day! Keep your guards up! No let Covid-19 fatigue creep in!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp_Eg8NMfT0

Another day looking bad - maybe somewhat better as the past few days yet still: bad!! The new deaths numbers are just staggering!
The pandemic, which has left the country with the fourth-highest death toll worldwide is in deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic so far.
On Monday, a senior World Health Organization official said the high rate of positive COVID-19 tests in Mexico likely meant the country has been screening too few people. https://mastodon.cloud/@LaPazMexico/105623986431008363

Expect cloudy skies with temperatures remaining around 18 degrees this afternoon.
And here the matching satellite image. 13:51hr from GOES-West https://mastodon.online/@bajaweather/105629822917050334

In the capital of Baja California Sur there were 5 deaths this Wednesday, reaching 513 deaths from COVID; likewise, 73 virus carriers were detected and another 79 were discharged, leaving 697 active and 10,608 recovered. https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/105710811143501830

A week ago the mayor of La Paz open the malecon yet the health department disagreed with that decision and closed it again. Now, they decide to reopen it to pedestrians, with the change of the threat level they use with their "traffic light" system. (See graphic below)
Seven days after the Ministry of Health and the City Council of La Paz had a disagreement for having opened the Malecón, the State Health Committee announced that from 22. February on the malecon - boardwalk will be open again. https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/105760557704116494

Sign declaring area as protected at Conchalito.
Coastal development around La Paz destroyed 23% of the local mangroves between 1973 and 1981!!!
There are mangrove areas on the eastern coast of the Baja California Peninsula include El Mogote and El Conchalito on the Ensenada de la Paz. https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/105772719429150162

Sunday morning around 08:00 hr video taken from El Conchalito at tip near Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/105772762142616112

Sunday morning around 08:00 hr video taken from El Conchalito at tip near Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas
https://youtu.be/ULYIoyCgRhw

In 2008, the U.S. gun maker Colt, based in Hartford, Conn., produced a special edition .38 Super pistol that was engraved by a partner company with an image of the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. In 2017, an assassin used the weapon to shoot dead a prolific Mexican investigative journalist, Miroslava Breach, as she drove her son to school in the city of Chihuahua. - https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/105775293010929230

"The tourism sector is the most affected, and no, we do not like medicine, but we are betting on the rest of the year, that La Paz will lower the infections and we can have a very good summer, already spaced, with time and others waiting for that the vaccine also arrives, that will also help us to have that herd situation, so that more than 60% or 70% of the population is vaccinated or already has the necessary defenses in its system ", said the businessman. https://lapazbcs.xyz/xNUAOd

Important Ways to Slow the Spread
~ Wear a mask that covers your nose and mouth to help protect yourself and others.
~ Stay 6 feet apart from others who don’t live with you.
~ Get a COVID-19 vaccine when it is available to you.
~ Avoid crowds and poorly ventilated indoor spaces.
~ Wash your hands often with soap and water. Use hand sanitizer if soap and water aren’t available. https://social.la-paz-bcs.com/post/647361192980004864/covid19protocol

La Paz es una pequeña y bonita ciudad turística ubicada en la región noroeste de México. Esta ciudad es la mas poblada y también es la capital del estado de Baja California Sur. https://youtu.be/p9Hc68ML4vA

Dogs in hot cars can suffer from potentially fatal heat stroke in as little as 15 minutes. Dogs die in hot cars as they can overheat very quickly and struggle to cool themselves down, even when a window has been left open or water has been left in the car. https://ello.co/lapazbcs/post/6d30n10qdz5wugl_ssd0qw

If you are planning a vacation in where the sun is your companion and nature the scenery of all those new memories, you're probably thinking of visiting La Paz, the perfect place for nature lovers, especially aquatic settings.
The location of La Paz makes one of the most common ways to get there is by crossing the Baja California Peninsula by ferry from Mazatlán and Topolobampo, Sinaloa, to the port of Pichilingue. https://lapazbcs.xyz/tourism

Kitesurfing at La Paz bay - not necessarily a very popular activity here vs. the kiteboarders spots at El Sargento to La Ventana on the Sea of Cortez / Gulf of California site. Still a nice location. We talked to some of the surfers and they like the less challenging conditions. Sounds perfect for beginners…..https://viva.la-paz-mex.com/post/651395268507516928/kitesurfing

Briefly before sunset time - “official” sunset was at 19:57hr today - a few shots of the Ensenada de La Paz. Unfortunately is the zoom function not overly good on camera used so the further away images somewhat blurry, however, it display what we no like to show: smoking as it should not be from the smokestacks at the termoelectrica Punta Prieta - one of the 2 thermos electric power-plants in La Paz https://social.la-paz-bcs.com/post/651398076173598720/ensenadalapaz

Fuel that is so dirty that the global shipping industry banned its use last year is being burned at the highest level in Mexican power plants.
State oil company PEMEX produces quantities amounts of fuel oil unintentionally because its refineries lack the technology to extract cleaner fuels from the sludge that is leftover during the initial process of turning crude into gasoline.
Therefore, the more gasoline the country’s refineries produce, the more extra fuel oil they have to find a home for. With the global shipping industry shunning sulfurous fuel oil to curb emissions, storage tanks in Mexico are overflowing with the stuff, a byproduct of its attempt to produce more gasoline domestically.
The solution Mexico has chosen is to push more of it into electricity generation, replacing cleaner-burning natural gas.
Replacing natural gas, which it imports from the U.S., with fuel oil is certain to raise Mexico’s emissions. http://www.la-paz-bcs.com/la-paz-news/dirtymexico

When you think of Mexico, dogs probably aren’t the first thing that comes to mind. But outside of the resorts and villas that most tourists associate with Mexico, things are different.
The country has the largest number of street dogs in Latin America. The National Institute of Statistics and Geography estimates that about 70 percent of the 18 million dogs in Mexico live on the street, born as strays or simply abandoned. - Please help Francisco and the volanteers!! https://streetdogs.baja-business.com/2021/05/streetdogs.html

Soccer’s international governing body Friday punished Mexico for the use of homophobic slurs by its fans on multiple occasions this year, ordering the program to stage two official home matches without spectators. https://www.facebook.com/LaPazBajaSurMexico/posts/10160313681973539