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

Back to level 5!!
The municipality falls back to level 5 (critical), which means that recreational and socio-cultural activities are suspended, as well as the maximum capacity is 30%. https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/106459987764631014

Mexico does not look good in this data vizualitation.... https://twitter.com/La_Paz_BCS/status/1419864120036270094

EU chief says 70% of adults in European Union fully vaccinated.
What's the share of the Mexican population has been partly or fully vaccinated against COVID-19?
According to Our World in Data are 26% Mexicans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and 18% are partly vaccinated.😩 https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/106857257101387855

Today in a vaccination center in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

La Paz bay yesteryear

Mexican sweet shops and artisans whose sales have suffered since the onset of the pandemic are now making iconic sugar skulls and creating traditional and modern handicrafts from a variety of materials in preparation for the Day of the Dead, a holiday they hope will give a much-needed boost to their businesses.
The edible, colorful and joyful “calaveritas de azucar,” or skulls made from sugar or chocolate and decorated with icing, have become one of Mexico’s most iconic treats and are omnipresent during the Day of the Dead festivities (Nov. 1 and 2).
https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/107133642975396008

People say that since the holiday is meant for the deceased, there is no proper greeting to speak to the living.
We leave it just like that.
“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.” ~Haruki Murakami https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/107203237154392419

There is a major pickpocket operation in La Paz right now. The MO is to put some substance (looks like blood or poop) on your car or your back then offer to help you remove it. During the diversion or rubdown your wallet/purse are gone. It's happened on the Malecon, the marinas, Walmart, Liverpool - where ever gringos are found. At a minimum don't let them help. If you can get a photo, take it to the Tourist police on the Malecon, or call 911.

Unfortunately today quiet good visible: La Paz bay is smoking again. It’s been a while we seen that intense smog flow across the bay but maybe we just missed it. Feel free to share your observations!
https://social.la-paz-bcs.com/post/669397445138153472/smoking

Fresh, windy and the bay all choppy this morning around 10:00hr.
https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/107555763358299308

In the last 48 hours, 2,354 new cases of Covid-19 infections have been reported in BCS of which 62.1% are located in La Paz.
Keep your guards up!!
Use at a minimum at least the basics to protect you and your family.
Get vaccinated!!
Get booster-ed!
https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/107581738587028798

Today, 7th January 2022, we are 1 week into the new year… time fly’s :)! Excellent weather in La Paz, our contributor was out there before noon. Not to many folk around, holidays (yesterday Epiphany/Day of the Holy Kings) and a pretty severe uptick with Covid-19 infections may be the reason.
https://social.la-paz-bcs.com/post/672761204324843520/07january2022

The municipality of La Paz has a total of 5,154 active cases and a hospital occupancy of 45%, while the municipality of Los Cabos registers 944 positives and 40% of occupied beds of 142 patients throughout the state.
https://www-elsudcaliforniano-com-mx.translate.goog/local/genera-dudas-registro-covid-19-en-los-cabos-7755159.html?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=es-419&_x_tr_pto=wapp

The curve is looking a little better. We choose 1 month period.
However, you can do self go to gov. websites (address in post)
Click the "Semáforo Epidemiológico" pop-up away after it was loading,
scroll down a bit and click on BCS on that map,
click again on La Paz area (or wherever is your interest),
scroll down to curve graphic, there is a slider below the graphic you can move to determine the time from you wish to see.
There is only one thing that is important right now:
Get vaccinated!
https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/107672872347391597

Sun rise or sunset, no matter the occasions: the outlook is always pretty!
Yesterday morning sunrise, image taken in greater Puesta de Sol area!

We guess to #AMLO that is tolerable!!
It's "just" 0.1% of all murdered in Mexico during that period.
His remarks: "Regrettably, about 5,000 Mexicans have been murdered in the first two and a half months of this year – five were journalists."
https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/107955201518805939

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, known as AMLO, has never had much time or aptitude for democratic niceties and institutional checks and balances. Yet as he enters the second half of his six-year presidential term, he is moving from bending to breaking political norms and even laws, putting Mexico’s democracy in peril.
https://mastodon.online/@LaPazBCS/107961348551833039

La Paz sunrise from Centenario area