Detrás de La IluZIHón

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As of today, since April 18, 2020 Zihuatanejo has registered a cumulative total of 2,085 confirmed cases of Covid-19 (same as yesterday), 165 that have resulted in fatalities, 42 that are currently active, and approximately 1,743 that have recovered. Numbers continue dropping in most places across the nation. I predict we'll be back to Semáforo Naranja by next week.

In walks around town we hardly see anyone not using a facemask anymore, though not everyone wears them correctly, but the effort itself speaks well of our vecinos.

Guerrero is getting a slow start to getting folks vaccinated, but we hope to see things improve once the medical personnel and elderly are taken care of. Hopefully we'll learn from mistakes of others and won't have elderly people standing in lines for hours under the hot sun.

The city has rather stupidly placed the lovely statue that used to stand in Plaza del Artista across from our home into Plaza Olof Palme, and instead of being up high on a pedestal it is simply stuck into the ground. I predict it will rather quickly either get stolen or vandalized. For years we have looked after it and had to chase people away from climbing on it, beating on it, abusing it, and trying to break it apart. I wrote the city with my concerns but I haven't heard back from them. I suspect they will ignore my comments and I'll soon have one of those TE LO DIJE moments as I seem to have frequently after having my predictions ignored.

Our perfect weather continues with deliciously warm days and refreshingly cool nights ideal for snuggling. However, the hillsides are drying and browning, and we'll probably start seeing some fires soon as clearing brush for land invasions begin (common in an election year). Probably a good time for those of you who live on our hillsides to clear the burnable debris from around your property.

Late afternoon on the downtown beach as fishermen get ready for a long evening of work.