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the Los Barriles community in the East Cape. It is the dream of Dave – no last name – who always wears Tommy Bahama shirts but cuts the sleeves off.

Dave is a famous ex-pat that hangs out at the pool bar

of the Playa del Sol hotel – ar-riving at 2 p.m. sharp - who once was told, why don’t you create your own shirts and sell them for a profit and then use that money for your cause? At that moment, a drive began.

David wants to keep kids active in sports. He and his many friends and followers have been donating surf-boards, skateboards, soccer, volley, basketballs and more to local kids.

Todos Santos Residents Chase Away Newcomers

Tekio, a beach club chain based in Tulum in the Mayan Riviera, dug up a hole for a water tank in the La Bocana dunes area in Todos Santos, set up a huge tent, deployed chairs, a sound system and a

bar … and the party began. Upset with the damage to the dunes, which is a no-no, the residents called on the authorities and organized to dismantle Tekio. About 150

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Speed on Highway Access to Cabo and San Jose Changes. As of July 1, the entrance to San Jose del Cabo - coming from Cabo San Lucas, – and the south and north entrances to Cabo San Lu-cas will have a maximum speed of 40 km/hr. In San Jose, this extends from Cerro Colorado (Hospital H+) to the Fonatur roundabout and in Cabo San Lucas from Home Depot to the bullring, and in the northern entrance from the Diamante de-velopment to Soriana. The SCT (communications and transport secretariat) has finally bent to pressure to consider these federal roads as urban zones. Hoooray! Slow down, damn it!

No More Covid-19 Testing Stations. The operators of the International Los Cabos airport have removed the testing booths that were set up in January last year. This follows the decision

of the CDC of removing the mandatory test to enter the U.S. Nearly one million tests were done in 17 months.

No Smoking on Beaches Ban Extended. Following the recently announced ban on smoking on the pristine Balandra beach in La Paz, the city government has announced the program’s expansion. Next in line are El Sonorense, Erendira and El Teco-lote beaches. Let’s see if they try to ban smoking on Medano Beach in Cabo San Lucas. Both residents and tourists would certainly protest violently as that is Cabo’s foremost partying beach hahaha …

New Fishing Series An-nounced. The “Fishing in the Five” tournament series will begin this July 10 in La Paz. The “Five” are referring to the five municipalities in our Southern Baja state. One million pesos

(about 50 grand) is the estimated total in prizes for the first 3 places in Dorado (Mahi-Mahi) catch in

the opening tournament. To sign up and get more information, go to www.fonmar.gob.mx

“La Niña” Affects Fishing for Everyone. The natural phenom-enon is keeping ocean water cold

and few fishies are being caught around the Sea of Cortez. Fish-ing is abundant in the northern Pacific of our state and acceptable in Loreto and Santa Rosalia. Los Barriles, La Ventana, El Sargento and San Jose del Cabo report less fishies than last year. Sob, sob, sob.

Most Hotels in Los Cabos Don’t Use City Water. According to Mauricio Perez, President of

the Los Cabos Hotel Associa-tion, 90% of the hotels affiliated with his organization have their own desal plants. At least 80% have their own sewage treat-ment plants also, to water their gardens. So stop blaming them for the scarcity of water, we live in the desert and can’t stop de-velopment.

Airbnb Will Direct More People to Us. During the 9th Summit of the Americas, our Southern Baja government signed an agreement with Airbnb to promote Los Cabos as the ideal destination for Digital Nomads. Digital nomads are people who conduct their life in a nomadic manner while engaging in re-mote work using digital telecom-

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Cabo Marlins Keep Playoff Hopes Alive

BY FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ

The season has culminated with adversity and rumors of league corruption and favoritism. With a playoff spot on the line, the Marlins' scheduled home game against the Caudillos of Chihuahua was abruptly changed to a road game that would benefit Chihuahua.

"Despite all the setbacks and the lack of players who could not attend this game due to the change of venue, the Marlins took the challenge and came out victorious," said

Charly Duarte. "To see how, although

they did everything for the Caudillos to win this match, giving them the hometown advantage, the dark horse Marlins remain a contender for the league title," added Alfonso Tadeo.

"Congratulations to the Marlins for achieving their goal, which was to win that game. I think the Caudi-llos also achieved their main goal, which was to fill their stadium. Congratulations to

coach Cesar Martinez and his staff and to each player who arrived in Chihuahua convinced of returning with the victory," noted William Espinoza.

"I'm glad the Caudillos suffered as the biggest losers in this league. They wanted to attack in the desert and it backfired," said Alexander Serrano. And indeed, thanks to Fox News television, the game was aired live on You-tube and Los Cabos Marlins fans were able to witness a great win during a sensa-tional 3rd season of Marlins American Football in Mexico history.

Behind 12-19 at halftime, the Marlins tied the game in the 3rd quarter 19-19 and won the game with last-minute heroics 32-29. ,

at noon, with the police and authorities who confirmed that Tekio had no valid permits. Is it gone, gone? We’ll see. Stay tuned. ,

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cial place in paradise continues to experience the growth of more hotel and condo de-velopment, and the rise in population and traffic, one of

the unique aspects of all these changes is the different entre-preneurs attempting to leave their mark in Cabo San Lucas. One of them is the new floating seafood restaurant.

Marisol Valbuena, owner of Mariscos Kenaris, said, "Ten years ago we started with this idea of selling seafood. We started selling clams on an-other boat. With time and over the years, we got another boat and started serving ceviche, oysters, cocktails, clamatos and 10 years later, we're still here.”

Marisol's dedication to sell-ing shellfish on top of her boat was created with the hopes of serving both locals and tourists who visit the marina and the nearby Medano beach of Cabo San Lucas Bay.

“My route is to arrive first at the dolphinarium pier at 12 o'clock. I start everything that is the marina first, Puerto Paraiso, Marina del Rey, Main Pier and from there we go through Playa Empacadora, Pelicanos, Playa del Amor, Médano, Ocho Cascadas and from time to time we cruise by the RIU. I have many clients who look for us year after year and I thank God, I'm still here," said Marisol, who recom-mends her traditional clams and campechanas, which are her star products.

“From noon until 6 p.m. in the evening, you can contact us by calling my number or via the radio used by boats, which is channel 81. My cell number is (624) 164 – 5772. Our specialty of the house (or boat actually) is our clams and campechanas. Right now, the

demand for our clamatoes is crazy. A lot of tourists show up on the marina and come and look for us,” added Marisol.

And while the idea of a floating restaurant is nothing new around the globe, Cabo continues giving us fantastic stories of its people, who are looking for ways to get ahead despite the limitations that often exist. ,

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from October 29 to November 3. The band will be accompanied by Black Label Society, Buckcher-ry, Bruce Kulick, a second “All Hands on Deck” super-jam, this time featuring Sebastian Bach & Friends, Stryper, Vixen, Plush, The Wild Things, and Mickey

No More Developments, Says the Governor

BY DAVID FLORES

“This is an emergency,” said Southern Baja’s governor Victor Castro, referring to the acute scarcity of water in La Paz and Los Cabos. Besides asking the population to reduce water waste, he has stopped the de-velopment of Punta Norte near El Mogote because they are not guaranteeing the installation of a desal plant. “Every mayor has to stop developments that do not provide their own water,”

he said. Will his suggestion really stop development? Stay tuned. ,

July 16 and Dave shirts will be available to order shortly on the new Mi Sueño website, and there will be a variety to buy from Dave during the week of the Dorado Shootout. You can receive a Dave shirt with a $50 donation, all profit going to the kids! See you there! ,

James, and a third “All Hands on Deck” super-jam, this time fea-turing Sebastian Bach & Friends, Stryper, Vixen, Plush, The Wild Things, and Mickey James. Will they perform in Cabo? Still unan-nounced. Stay tuned.

Gringo Boat Captain Arrest-ed in La Paz. The state’s attorney general office has confirmed the arrest of Michael N. (in Mexico it’s illegal to name a person who hasn’t been convicted by a Judge). This foreigner, who lives in his sailboat “The Disperser,” has at-tacked with a pellet rifle and bow and arrows any fishermen who get too close to his boat. Once he attacked, cops that came to check on a report arrested and later released him. No wonder they nave nicknamed him The Gringo

Loco. If this arrest report makes it to immigration authorities he could be deported.

CDC Recommends not to Travel to Mexico. The U.S. Cen-ters for Disease Control and Pre-vention updated its travel guid-ance for Mexico on Monday, and the popular vacation destination is now at a Level 3 travel health warning. The new Level 3 (high risk) warning puts Mexico up from its previous ranking at Level 2 (moderate risk) just last week. As health guidance for all U.S. citizens, the CDC recommends avoiding travel to Mexico at this time if you’re not fully vaccinated against Covid, and there is still a risk to contract and spread the vi-rus while traveling. Well, Mexico

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It's cool learning new words in Spanish by accident. While this is nothing new, the word charreada was a first for me. It turns out that a charreada is a moniker for Mexican Rodeo, and is a cultural heritage of

Humanity.More perplexing was that

my initial research led me to believe that charreadas are Mexican for NASCAR. I was overcome by the feeling of Deja Vu. Allow me to take you back.

By dint of procuring tickets from a radio station giveaway, I landed in the second row of NASCAR's 2001 edition of the Pepsi 400 in Daytona Beach Fl. It was interesting and intense. I've never forgotten the pulsat-ing words streaming from the mouth of a rabid fan who had the number three etched into his cascading mullet reminis-cent of Jane Fonda's hairdo in

the 1971 thriller 'Klute'. The diehard loyalist beckoned back to me mid-race and ef-fused, "Man don't you just love the speed, the smell and the sound?" While I couldn't say that I cared much for the

pungent stench of burnt rub-ber, Marlboros and spilt beer suds, his passion and pride for his sport was infectious.

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Corn is the most representa-tive food in Mexican identity since pre-Hispanic times. To write about corn, we have to go back to a couple of Prehispanic elements. First is the Popol Vuh.

Popol Vuh, “The Mayan Bible”, was originally painted in an indigenous code. It was translated to the Quiché lan-guage in 1542, and the original is saved in a box sealed with 64 padlocks, whose keys are in the possession of 64 indigenous chiefs! Its translation to Spanish was under the care of Francisco de Ximénez in 1701. The Mayan word “Popol” means reunion, community, common house or meeting. And “Vuh” means book, paper, or the bark that was used to write on. Popol Vuh is the name of the sacred book of the Quiché Indians of Gua-temala, where they relate their cosmovision about the origin

of the world and of the Maya. In its first part, they describe the creation of the universe and the origin of man, who, after various failures, was made out of corn, a basic nutritional food source. If you ever get the chance to read this amazing compilation of myths and legends, I very highly recommend it.

Corn is such a big part of Mexicans that Octavio Paz, a Mexican poet who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1990, wrote: “the invention of corn by the Mexicans is only comparable to the invention of fire by mankind.” The oldest corn husk was found in 4250

B.C in Oaxaca, but I think we can safely say it has been around longer than that.

To this day, corn is the most consumed cereal in Mexico. We have about 60 different varieties which make it very fit for use across the food and industrial economic sectors, and find its way into alternative plastic, packaging solutions, paper and many more things.

The versatility of corn in the food industry has a wide range of flavors, mainly salty and sweet. In this edition, for-tunately, we will explore its sweet side. There are two main varieties of corn used in Mexico, white and yellow. Tortillas, tamales, esquites, pozole, atole are all made from white corn. Yellow corn is, in my opinion, better suited for desserts and sweets for its sweeter flavor. This edition’s pan de elote is made from yellow corn, and it is also used to make ice cream, flan, cheesecake, and sweet tamales.

Pastel de elote (corn cake) is

a typical dessert in our beauti-ful country, made from tip to tip of Mexico with delicious varieties as all recipes shift from one state to another. It’s a soft, moist, sweet food that can be eaten at any time of day. It is sold in high-end restaurants, small restaurants, street carts, and taco stands because it’s so easy to make, has such a low cost and it doesn’t require great baking abilities.

My favorite way of eating pan de elote is with Rompope cream. I am pretty sure you have seen Rompope and might relate it to eggnog; they could be long distant cousins, but Rompope is a force of its own. Grandmas make and drink Rompope, and it’s typically the first taste of adult beverages among many Mexican households.

There are many versions re-garding the origin of Rompope,

but one thing is for sure: it was made by nuns during the Vice-royalty times in Mexico. The story goes that in 1524, after a very long journey, a group of Franciscan friars known as the “twelve apostles” arrived in Mexico. They were in charge of education and professing the Catholic religion in our country. They started setting up convents and that’s how the marriage of both Spanish and prehispanic culinary began.

The best Mexican recipes from Viceroyalty times origi-nated in the convents, and to this day their cuisine is recog-nized across the country as one of the tastiest. The nuns’ recipes are also considered the most traditional like chiles en nogada, moles, campechanas, an assort-ment of cookies and Rompope.

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As a Foreigner, do you Need the RFC in México?

BY NICK FONG

A few weeks ago, panic and uncertainty invaded our clients. Now, the CFE (Comis-ión Federal de Electricidad, an electricity company in Mexico) is asking foreigners to present their RFC (Mexican tax ID

number). That was the rumor. I should re-write that sentence with a question mark.

Like this:The CFE is asking foreign-

ers to present their RFC (what in the US is known as the Tax ID number)?

The rumors spread with the speed of a hurricane. Some said one thing, others said another, and it became a sea of contradictory information.

It is paramount for me, and therefore my team, to provide accurate information that serves our clients and those who are not clients but chose

Baja Sur as their home. So, we took on the task of consult-ing with specialists, from the private and public sectors, to correctly answer the question of whether a foreigner needs that RFC to change the electric bill to his or her name.

We had very interesting conversations with Javier Madero*, a lawyer specializing in real estate from EMLA Abo-gados, and with an executive of the CFE. I’ll tell you here what happened in both meetings so that panic or uncertainty will leave your mind.

The answer to the ques-tion above is yes and no. It is not that I am giving you more contradictory information. Read on.

First, what is the RFC? It's a document that all Mexicans must have to pay their taxes. And here is why the topic of the RFC became the source of rumors:

In 2022 there was a tax re-form in which tax authorities requested that every Mexican citizen over 18 years old must

have an RFC.“It doesn't mean that they

have to report taxes, but they have to be inscribed within the tax authority as a possible taxpayer. The wording on the law can be confusing and trig-gered this whole thing because it says that every citizen or resident when it applies,” said Javier Madero.

Many buyers became wor-ried because they were about to buy a home and they asked: "if I don’t have an RFC, how am I going to change the electricity bill to my name? "

But the truth is not as com-plicated as it sounds.

The first step to getting a new CFE service contract is to go to the CFE office by yourself or hire a gestor (a person who does all the paperwork for a fee) and complete the process. Only one name can be on the contract with the electricity company, so if a property has two or more owners on the deed, they must choose whose name will be on the electricity bill.

As a foreigner (with or without a residence visa) you need the RFC only if you re-quire a Factura (invoice) for payment of your electricity bill. You do not need that RFC to get your contract if you don’t require a factura, and you can change your electricity bill us-ing a generic RFC.

Having clarified this, it is necessary to add that whether or not you need a factura or the RFC for a new service contract with the CFE, you must bring with you or deliver to the ges-tor a variety of documents. Do you want to know which ones?

We prepared two docu-ments with all you need to know about this topic. If you would like to have them contact me on Instagram (@nickfong_ronival), Facebook (Ronival Real Estate) or email me at

HYPERLINK "mailto:[email protected]"[email protected] and bring peace to your mind.

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What Is a Realtor®?BY LINDA NEIL

The word REALTOR is a trademark of the National As-sociation of Realtors®, (NAR). The real estate agents who are members of the National As-sociation of Realtors are the ONLY ones who have the right to use this prestigious designa-tion. Any real estate agent who is not a registered member of the NAR may not call himself a Realtor®, may not use the term in advertising, and may not access the huge gamut of services provided to members of the National Association of Realtors®.

Through an agreement ne-gotiated between AMPI (the Association of Mexican Real Estate Professionals) and NAR in 2012, Associate members of AMPI may become Inter-national Realtor® members, provided they register as such during the first three months of the calendar year.

WHY BOTHER??The services offered by

NAR to its International mem-bers are incredible and include the use of the prestigious R® symbol, extensive educational programs, including designa-tions and certifications, dis-counts on networking confer-ences and continuing materials designed to help the Realtor® in his business.

Another major benefit is the public perception of the Realtor®: Continual advertis-ing and promotion in the US

and Canada influence citizens to select a Realtor® rather than a “rogue agent” to represent them in their buy and sell operations. This same advice transfers to the Mexican Re-altor® and creates an instant level of high credibility. Our clients, mostly from the US and Canada, trust Realtors.®

And check out the NAR Code of Ethics. It is the perfect guideline for responsible and solid representation which, when used in conjunction with the AMPI Code of Ethics and Mexico’s Mercantile Com-mission, provides the answers to any agent desiring to do a proper job of representing his buyer and seller clients.

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Resolving Real Estate Problems in Mexico Through Mediation and Arbitration

BY LINDA NEILLawsuits, courts and at-

torneys cause headaches in any country. Mexico is no different. INEGI, the National Statistics Institute, says that there are 33,000 persons in Mexico City for each judge. It isn’t really any better in other parts of the country. We simply do not have enough courts and judges to listen to every com-plaint, legitimate or not, within a reasonable time. The result is that reasonable claims may take years to be heard and then additional years to be resolved. After that, there is an appeal period that adds to the delay. Thus it is not unusual to hear of a civil complaint to force a seller to honor a real estate contract taking five, 10 or even 15 years to resolve.

Once resolved, attorney fees may take 30% to 50% of the award, in addition to the costs that have already been paid by the plaintiff.

Instituting a lawsuit can be a lose-lose proposition for everyone.

The good news is that we now have an alternative meth-od of resolving disputes and enforcing them in Mexico. Due to provisions in the US-Mexico-Canada trade agree-ment (formerly known as NAFTA), Mexico has modified its laws to permit arbitration and mediation and has pro-vided for enforcement of ar-bitration awards in the courts. Articles 1415 to 1463 of the Mexican Commercial Code provide the guidelines for re-solving problems outside the courts and eliminating much of the delay and expense of a lawsuit. The court authorities in Mexico now realize that all matters cannot always be resolved by government and they now realize and accept that the most economical and efficient resolutions may be obtained in a resolution arrived at outside of a court of law.

Alternative Dispute Reso-lution (ADR) has been prac-ticed in the United States and Canada for many years and has become a highly success-ful and preferred method for settling conflicts by many. The process is now receiving the approval and encourage-ment of the highest courts in Mexico which have set up separate departments to study and implement mediation and arbitration sections in the federal, state and local courts.

Instead of being forced into a lose-win situation, as is the case in a lawsuit which is confrontational by nature, in mediation, the parties may find areas of mutual interest and amicably settle their dif-

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Housing Market Still Favors Sellers–but is that Set to Change?

Ever since interest rates decreased at the beginning of the pandemic, the real estate market throughout most of the country has heavily fa-vored sellers. When interest rates decrease, more buyers enter the market to secure mortgage loans with low-interest rates. High buyer demand means that sellers oftentimes receive multiple bids.

The combination of low-interest rates, extremely quick sales, low inventory, and rap-idly increasing price gains, has the housing market favor-ing sellers by a considerable amount. While this is still true today, market conditions

may be set to change in the near future.

What the Future Indicates for Buyers

Over the past six months, interest rates have been steadily increasing. While rates averaged around 3.05% towards the end of 2021, they have since increased to an average of 5.10% as of May. Even though there are still a high number of potential buy-ers on the market, the higher interest rates have allowed the market to stabilize somewhat.

Keep in mind that home values rose by upwards of 20% over the course of 2021, which means that buying a home today may be somewhat more expensive than it was just one

year ago. If you're set to buy a home, the housing market pivoting away from sellers is highly beneficial.

While home prices may have been lower one year ago, the increased buyer competition in the market made it difficult for many buyers to make bids that were high enough to satisfy the seller. Once demand de-creases among buyers, home inventory will increase, which means that you may find it easier to purchase a home without needing to make an offer that's far higher than the listing price.

In general, you should expect demand to still be relatively high and housing inventory to be relatively low.

However, both metrics have improved in recent months, which means that the market shouldn't be as intense as it was in 2021. Home prices are also expected to rise this year but shouldn't come close to the 20% increase that oc-curred last year.

What the Future Indicates for Sellers

If you're looking to sell your home but worry that the market may not be favor-able for doing so, the truth is that the housing market still favors sellers. The main difference is that there may not be a lengthy bidding war when you list your home on the market. However, sellers still hold ample amounts of negotiating power when an

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QUE PASA IN CABO?...


is a big country and several states have very few Covid cases, like our Southern Baja state, where there are about 1,100 positive cas-es registered out of over 700,000 inhabitants. Medano beach was packed to the rafters yesterday, with possibly hundreds of young people enjoying Graduation term vacations. All happy, dancing, suntanning and drinking beer and margaritas.

Los Cabos Keeps Breaking Records. With an increase of 26% in international tourists and 35% in domestic ones during the month of May, Los Cabos set a new record, even above

January of this year. Since May is considered “low season,” this was completely unprecedented. Well, we have 40% more airplane seats than in 2019, that helps. Enjoy our weather!

Thousands at Risk During Hurricane Season. Although the effects of the “La Niña” phenom-enon are keeping our ocean water chilly, we may get hit by two or three hurricanes this year, say the experts. In our Southern Baja state, around 55,000 squatters live near dry arroyo beds, which is dangerous. Thousands will have to be evacuated if a hurricane approaches.

East Cape Development is Being Monitored. Oscar Leggs, the Los Cabos Mayor, stated yesterday that his team is closely

watching all the new develop-ments’ permit applications for the East Cape, Pescadero and Elias Calles. Leggs stated clearly that there is no more land available in Cabo (or is overpriced, we say) and that now the develop-ers’ eyes are focusing on the East Cape/La Ribera, La Ventana and El Sargento in addititon to the Puerto Los Cabos development. “Our main concern is what water needs they have so that we do not affect the water supply in San Jose and Cabo San Lucas."

Pescadero Resort to ReOpen in September. If all goes well, Lisa Harper’s Rancho Pescadero boutique hotel will open again in September, with 103 luxury guest rooms, oceanfront villas and suites instead of the 12 suites

it used to offer. Sitting on 30 acres with nine gardens, a farm and orchard, a Pilates studio and two yoga shalas.

Potable Water Price Increas-es. As of July, the water supply agency will increase the price of the vital – and scarce - liquid by 2.5%. The cost of water has not been increased in 8 years and will be revised again in August next year. Save water; shower with a friend!

New Airport Suggested for Southern Baja. Governor Victor Castro asked Mexico’s Interior Minister to support his plan to build a new airport in Santa Ro-salia, in the Mulege municipality. Santa Rosalia was a successful and rich mining town back in the late 1800s and is home to

a church designed by Gustav Eiffel. It is visited by thousands of people every day. The two offi-cials also discussed the possibility of building a railroad along the peninsula.

Los Cabos Beats Hawaii. The Virtuoso Travel Advisor Company has stated that Los Cabos has 12 “Virtuoso” resorts, above Hawaii, which has only nine in that category. What Is Virtuoso? It is the leading global network of agencies specializing in luxury and experiential travel, with more than 20,000 advisors. It partners with over 2,200 of the world’s best companies such as hotels, cruise lines, tour opera-tors, and more and its partners rate the Best of the Best around the world. ,

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Pacifico enthusiasts. Lucky for me I didn't have

to travel far, as this charreada trotted into town circa mi casa (San Jose del Cabo). The event was held from June 10 to the 12th at the rustic yet picturesque Lienzo Charro Jesús Rodríguez Rodríguez, a historic ranchero, located not far behind the Chedraui in Santa Rosa.

Like NASCAR in the Unit-ed States, charreadas are a big deal throughout Mexico's 32 states. It's a recognized sport with strict rules and a year-round calendar chock full of competitions featuring a cadre of talent representing all ages and both genders. Charrería and NASCAR share a com-mon track; an avid following of knowledgeable fans and roots firmly planted in family tradi-tions. That is however where the similarities and compari-sons end.

As set out in a presidential decree of 1933, charrería is

the official national sport of Mexico (not soccer, go figure), and as I discovered first hand is much more analogous to rodeo in the United States than NASCAR. Not surprisingly rodeo is the official state sport of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Texas.

While a charreada and a rodeo both involve horses and bulls, sharing similar events; the two sports are very different. In the U.S. rodeo events are scored for speed and duration; many charreada scores are based on precision and grace.

Both sports evolved from the DNA of ranching, char-reada aligned itself with mili-tary prestige. In the past char-ros, (cowboys) were also an auxiliary branch of the Mexi-can calvary. The costumes, music, and ceremony of char-reada all pay homage to their military lineage.

A charrería shares enter-taining elements of U.S. rodeo. Live music, food, beer, tradi-tional costumes and fervent fans. Charros perform a series of tricks in an arena, called

lienzo charro. During a char-reada, riders participate in a number of scoring events in which they have to demon-strate their equestrian artistry. While many people think of them as artists, I consider them athletes as well.

Keep in mind that charros and escaramuzas (their female counterparts) are both part of a charreria. Although the charros are famous around the world, escaramuzas are practically unknown outside of Mexico. At a charreada an escaramuza is a group of eight women who ride at the same time and perform a care-fully crafted choreography on horseback. Like charros, es-caramuzas also do tricks with their horses and compete to prove their abilities as riders. Escaramuza performances, also a Cultural Heritage of Humanity, must adhere to stringent guidelines: They are required to ride side-saddle and never handle livestock.

Under a full moon on a steamy second night of the competition, donned in col-orful Mexican escaramuzas costumes, white Adelita-style, ruffled dresses laced with tra-ditional embroidery, they also sport the sombrero charro, it was as if the 1800's never ended. I'm enchanted by their mastery of the horses perform-ing dangerous maneuvers at high speeds while riding

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the Franciscans central. It was the city that welcomed them with open arms and the pas-sage for those who came from the Atlantic on their way to the capital. It was a point of reunion for very important characters, both peninsular and creoles.

The Clarisa nuns were ac-commodation experts for such powerful individuals, which gave them the chance to show off their culinary abilities, mak-

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Gary and Debora Phillips from California, but this year they retired and are now permanent residents of San Jose del Cabo.

The sensational Stars and Stripes Charity Tournament celebrated its 25th Annual event with nearly a thousand attendees competing in the Sportfishing and Golf Tour-naments. The event had the largest number of attendees in its 25-year history. In ad-dition, over FIVE MILLION DOLLARS was raised for “It’s All About the Kids” Chari-ties – the largest amount raised in its 25-year history.

During the four-day tour-nament, the participants en-joyed various activities, rang-ing from Spas to Dolphin encounters.

Registration began on Wednesday afternoon, and the fun started on Wednesday evening with a sit-down din-ner in a remote canyon just

a short ride from the Hilton Hotel on the corridor. Next, the Gold Team guests were entertained by Collective Soul and Ezra Ray Hart, followed by a unique fireworks display.

Thursday, Registration continued throughout the day. Airport shuttles deliv-ered more guests eager to join all the activities. They were welcomed by Host Shawn Parr, aka “The Ambassador of Country Music,” to attend the first of three extraordinary buffet dinners served poolside, overlooking the fabled Sea of Cortez and featuring a silent auction. At the same time, the fabulous band, Common Sense, entertained the crowd.

A record number of boats had a fantastic day fishing on Friday, even though Tropical

Storm Celia’s outer bands of wind and rain forced Almi-rante Valerio, El Capitan de Puerto SCT, to close the Port at Cabo San Lucas for Saturday.

Friday evening began with a spectacular parachute jump by U.S. Veteran and paraplegic Dana Bowman, as he floated toward the beach with the flags of the United States and Mexico fluttering beneath his ‘chute. The crowd gave him a standing ovation as he landed on the beach. Then, after an-other fantastic buffet dinner, the guests were entertained by the Generation Radio Band.

With an open day on Sat-urday, Stars & Stripes Charles Ruck of the Knights (the Board of Directors) organized an im-promptu “Pub Crawl” to enter-tain the land-locked anglers.


ties followed with heartfelt presentations.

Next, the annual “Fish Pledge” raised approximately ONE MILLION DOLLARS in record time, and the famous Goo-Goo Dolls entertained the participants throughout Saturday evening. During the Fish Pledge, the attendees pledge various sums of money on blank paper fish left on their tables, then give them to the children to present to Stars and Stripes for the various charities.

The kindness as old and new friends met and ex-changed warm wishes was not likely to be encountered again, especially with the warmth and love of the people who joined together to benefit the kids.

Puerto Los CabosGreat Action Before TS Ce-

lia Closes Port ~ June 26, 2022First official week of the

summer season brought with it Tropical Storm Celia. This latest storm system passed just off to the southwest of the Southern Baja Peninsula, closing down all Port facilities for Saturday and Sunday. High ocean storm swells, wind gusts to 30 mph and some much needed scattered light rainfall. We are hoping to be back op-erating on Monday.

According to all reports, while no one caught fish, it was still considered a major hit!

Later that evening, Tro-phies and awards were pre-sented to the winners in sport-fishing and golf tournaments. Seven primary recipients from “It’s All About the Kids” chari-

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all had to pause our projects. Last year we were allowed to bring them back and make events but with fewer people, which also impacted us but at least it was something. If one of us is sick or suspicious, we are advised to do home office and rest if we really are feel-ing ill but almost none of us do. We have so much work we just know we will fall behind.

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plans which our company pays for, and rumor has it we will never go back to being in person for our job, which is not that bad, honestly.

A r m a n d o J u a r e z , 4 6 , m a i nt e n a n c e e ng i -neer. When the pandemic started, I was laid off from my previous job because we went into bankruptcy and were forced to “resign.” I was lucky to get this job after, and the whole office was insu-lated. All the desks had plas-tic protection, we had to eat at our desks and make sure we took turns going to the bathroom and disinfecting it afterwards. It was weird, but at least I had a job. Now we have really let our guard down, and some people at the

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office have gotten sick, but no big deal. We are allowed to do home office for any reason now as long as we keep our numbers up.

Brisa Tellez, 22, assis-tant. I work in a place where there’s multiple offices and businesses so the first year was rough. We couldn’t use the communal eating area, we had to wear a mask our whole shift and were not allowed to access the whole building, only our offices. Then we were asked to do a staggered home office sched-ule, which was awful since I can’t concentrate at home, but now I think it’s all better. We all got sick at the same time so we all got better to-gether and were able to come

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The week started out great, anglers found good action for a variety of gamefish. Quality sized amberjack, to over 50 lb.,decent numbers of yel-lowfin tuna, mostly in the 8 to 15 lb. range, largest of 35 lb.,a few wahoo and dorado also in the mix. Best action was found near Vinorama, within a couple miles of shore.

A variety of quality leopard and gulf grouper were also accounted for. Also off the shallow structure were yellow snapper, barred pargo, African pompano, blackfin jacks and triggerfish.

The bait were scattered some to start the week due to the passing of Hurricane Blas, baitfish schools quickly re-bounded as swells resided. Will be the same situation again this week. At least the caballito

were found inside the marina channel, not affected be swells, it is the anchoveta and sardinas outside the marina which scat-ter in the high surf conditions. Some anglers did well with the strips of squid for the yellowfin tuna, so this is another option.

Closer to shore the roost-erfish action was much better early in the week, many trophy sized fish of over 40 lb., to 60 lb. plus, were caught and released. There was a mix of jack crevalle, a few late season sierra, pargo colorado and mullet snapper. We should start to see more dogtooth snapper appearing near the rock outcroppings, this is that time of year now.

Marlin action was farther offshore near the 950 and 1150 spots, though some striped marlin and sailf ish were hooked on the grounds from Iman to San Luis Banks as well. Hog sized black skipjack were also found throughout the

region.…Eric Brictson, Gordo Banks Pangas

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outside. Clear and flat most of the week.

Air- Warmer this week. Highs in the low 90’s. Our first good rain of the year today.

By far our best fishing week of the season! Limits of Yel-lowfin for all anglers target-ing tuna. Lots of BIG Bull Dorado to 57#’s were taken daily. As usual a strong con-sistent Striped Marlin bite. Our best fishing of the year this week for Roosterfish with 40-60#er’s common. Not much fishing pressure inside, the few anglers that are fishing are taking big Pargo, Grouper and Amberjack! A stellar week of fishing!!! The water is cooler inside and warms rapidly fur-ther offshore.

Dorado- All big fish from 25-60#’s. Four or five a day coming to the cleaning table. ( We’re sending out 10-11 boats a day ). Mixed with the Stripers and Yellowfin, biting inshore and outside. Taking Ballyhoo and Cedar Plugs.

Yellowfin- Spread Pods of Porpoise are holding football to medium sized tuna. The schools are really moving around, closest 5 miles off to 35 miles. All boats are limiting!

Small bright Hoochies, tuna feathers and cedar plugs

all working.Striped Marlin- Lots

around as usual. Most hanging on the inshore banks and quite a few outside in the warmer water. Most boats targeting are releasing at least a couple. Lov-ing the slow rolled Ballyhoo.

Roosterfish- Big Gallos this week! Best Rooster fishing of the season!! 40#’s common,

quite a few bumping up to 60#. All beach’s producing fish. The Lighthouse and Rincon have been the hottest spots. Tak-ing Caballito and quite a few on the fly..

After a slow start this year the fishing has really picked up! I expect this exceptional fishing to continue.

Two groups held tourna-ments at the ranch this week. Team Wilson ( they race the Baja 1000 every year ) and the Galli group having their 23rd

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Mayo, a very short, one-way street just a bit off from down-town Cabo between Hidalgo and Vicente Guerrero, is well worth the hunt. The newly-renovated space is inviting with ornamental, erect cactus forming a barrier to the street and a rustic but comfortable interior with picnic tables and benches, some in a screened-in area with a full eating bar fac-ing a gigantic smoker where one can watch the cooks serve up larrapin' dishes of smoked meats and sides to dig into and not worry about messy fingers. Wooden dispensers of house-made bar-be-que sauce are placed on the tables, one spicy hot, another with peach pepper flavor, allowing diners to smother the various meats to their hearts’ content.

Gina Jones moderated the brief meeting, first introduc-ing the only guest of the day, her daughter, Taylor Skjerpe

from Portland, Oregon. Next, she introduced Manuel Gue-vara, aka "Manny," restaurant manager, who welcomed the group, telling a bit about the restaurant and pointing out the big smoker. When fired up, the intoxicating aroma makes the olfactory senses explode. Owner and chef in his own right by the name of Kris Kabush, a Canadian, gave the rundown of how he got

started by doing barbeques in his backyard some years ago, and then created a mobile food wagon that he uses from time to time for catering and also at El Huerto farm-to-market where everyone was asking, "Where is your restaurant?" This led to the opening of a location on the marina. The operation recently was moved to a new location, and after

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will involve processing fees, hearing room rentals, hourly fees for the arbitrators and travel expenses as required as well as charges, as necessary for translators, copies, courier services and expert witnesses.

TIME CONCERNS Since the arbitration and mediation services are private and run by business people, economy of effort and time is seen as an important portion of the equation for the success of the company supervising the arbi-tration and mediation services. It has been found that most mediation/arbitration services will be completed within a few months of filing the complaint.

Un q u e s t i o n a b l y, t h e number of conflicts and dis-agreements that are resolved through Alternative Dispute Resolution will increase con-siderably over the next few years. Since it will be far less expensive and quicker to solve problems in this manner, it may make sense to begin to

annual tourney. Both tourna-ments really loaded up with Yellowfin, Dorado and Strip-ers. A great week of fishing

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90’s and even the low 100’s.It hasn’t been like that all

season where we’ve had cold waters and cooler temps than normal that have definitely defined and given us an erratic and much different fishing season than normal.

This is the first week that the jackets and sweatshirts came off. But, have we turned the corner? I don’t want to jinx things, but I can only hope. The cooler weather we’ve had has meant rougher water; more winds; greener seas and an unpredictable fishing bite.

With the warmer water this past week, seas seemed flatter. The winds really tapered off. But, I’m not sure that it has

meant the fishing was better.For the past 3 months,

we’ve mostly been fishing cold water species like pargo, cabril-la, snapper, jacks, pompano, trevally and others. We’ve had a spectacular yellowtail season unlike any I have ever seen in almost 30 years down here with fish into the 30 pound class. All of these are cold water species that should have been long gone by April or so. Instead, we’re still catching them here into the summer.

However, with the waters warming, we’re seeing more dorado although it’s a far cry from what we should be catch-ing when normally by this time

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July 24, Sunday. Todos Santos Mango Festival. Wait-ers’ race, Arts and culture, Re-gional products market, Carny games for kids.

July 31, Sunday. Pedes-trian Race at Rancho Carisuva. To benefit the Sea turtle pro-tection program. Information: https://www.carisuva.com/

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Getting Onboard the Smile Train

"If you smile at me, I will understand because that is something everybody every-where does in the same lan-guage." This is the opening line from Crosby, Stills and Nash 1969 hit "Wooden Ships." To be sure, truer words have never been written.

Why is smiling impor-tant? Smiling not only offers a mood boost but also helps our bodies release cortisol and endorphins that provide numerous health benefits, including reduced blood pres-sure and increased endurance. Smiles radiate joy, excitement, confidence, health and vitality. Smiling plays an important role in the happiness of your everyday life. We are born with the ability to smile, yet as we age, we smile less often. I wonder if this is also a univer-sal truth, and do we take for granted the pleasure a beaming smile gives to us and others? Imagine if experiencing this sensation was rife with confu-sion, sadness and fear. I'm not sure if I can.

Globally, one in 700 babies is born with a cleft lip and/or palate. I have not personally been affected by cleft. I ma-jored in Vocational Rehabilita-tion in college and had learned a little about cleft here and there throughout my course-work. The last time this was on my radar was a few years ago when a daytime talk show host, Wendy Williams, pub-licly apologised after she was properly criticised for mocking Joaquin Phoenix’s cleft palate. To me, her apology was hardly an occasion for a victory lap, cheers, or high fives. Her un-provoked public mockery was the epitome of ignorance. Yet in some ways, this incident may have been helpful if only to raise public awareness and support for a condition that is

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for Disease Control and Pre-vention, both a cleft lip and a cleft palate "are birth defects that occur when a baby's lip or mouth do not form properly during pregnancy. Together, these birth defects commonly are called orofacial clefts.''

The issue landed back on my radar at the end of June when I attended a press confer-ence to announce that Smile Train, in collaboration with Los Cabos Children's Founda-tion, ComuniCabo, the State System, DIF, and the State Secretary of Health and Que-rencia, will provide compre-hensive treatments for the lip and cleft palate in Baja Califor-nia Sur. Health professionals from Baja California Sur will receive training by Smile Train to ensure state-of-the-art, timely, safe, high-quality and free treatments in their com-munities on an ongoing basis.

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of year, dorado should be 70% of the catch. We also are seeing more billfish including striped marlin and our first sailfish of the season. However, again, it’s just a smidgen of what we would normally be catching.

In the meantime, we are still catching the cooler water

months of age. The doctor may put tubes in the baby's ears during one of these surgeries to help prevent ear infections.

Most babies with cleft lip and palate need more than one surgery, but the doctors may not know that until after the first surgery is done. Most children with untreated clefts live in segregation and often struggle to find friends or go to school. Even more alarm-ing, children with untreated clefts have problems eating, breathing, and speaking, and may also be at risk of severe malnutrition.

After the press conference ended, I sat down with the congenial and self-effacing Di-rector of Development at Smile Train, Michael Sampaino. I was curious to know what set Smile Train apart from other non-profit organizations. Sam-piano explains, "We use the “teach a man to fish” model by focusing on training local doctors so they can perform necessary surgery and offer

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species mentioned above in-cluding sierra; rainbow run-ners (more than I have ever seen); white bonito (again more than I have ever seen) and roosterfish are still around although not as many of the larger 50 to 80 pounders we’ve caught the last few months.

In all honesty, I can’t say the fishing has improved. It is still unpredictable. It is still erratic. One boat catches fish and the boat right next to it can’t buy a bite. One day, the fish bite and the next, everyone has to work extra hard just to hook a single fish. When the fish do bite, there’s no telling what the boats will come back with.

I think we just have to wait and see and hope that the wa-ters continue to warm bringing in more dorado, billfish as well as hopefully wahoo and tuna. Fingers crossed…Jonathan Roldan, Tailhunter Interna-tional ,

comprehensive treatment in their communities. Our model is free for any patient and fam-ily. 83% of our donations are allocated for programs and services. It includes training costs, support for families to travel, and also for continuing education. There may not be professionals who are familiar with the condition of cleft and know how to treat it. There are maybe only one or two doctors in the entire region who know how to treat it, and

there's no infrastructure built around the doctors, nurses, and speech therapists who are not trained for treatment that is very unique for kids with cleft."

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mention the fear and effects of persistent bullying. This is why counseling is such a key component in assisting fami-lies affected by cleft.

Smile Train plans to ex-pand its roster of health care practitioners and heighten awareness of cleft. In March of 2021 Smile Train launched a new mobile version of the award-winning, web-based Smile Train Virtual Surgery Simulator. The new mobile app offers multilingual, interactive 3D training on surgical pro-cedures with unprecedented offline accessibility.

Sampiano elaborates, "The Smile Train App auto-detects where you are. It is particularly helpful in limited-resource settings and remote regions; access to ongoing surgical training threatens the quality

of surgical outcomes and the availability of life-saving care. While it is equipped with the same features as the web-based simulator, the app can over-come connectivity issues that frequently occur in remote areas."

Smi le Train Founder Charles Wang had the gravitas to step in and lead the techno-logical revolution in treating cleft. Sampaino told me "Our founder Charles Wang had been a board member at a mission-based cleft organiza-tion. He grew frustrated with the limits of the mission-based model. So when he created Smile Train he wanted to sup-port local doctors year-round. He wanted to overlay that with innovation, technology and entrepreneurship. We now train doctors virtually with the App and 3d printed models. Our DNA as an organization has always been to be more efficient. Charles always had

a knack for creating more efficient and innovating tech-nologies."

Sampaino was realistic about how deep the impact of the coronavirus affected the Smile Train Modus Operandi. "Because of the Pandemic, there is a backlog of children who are waiting for any type of resource. There is currently a backlog of 58,000 interna-tional surgeries that need to happen."

Time is of the essence. Sampiano projects "The first surgeries in Los Cabos are scheduled for August 6th. We will also be treating children that may not have initially re-ceived the best treatment with other mission models and are in need of repair."

And yet, while Sampiano is not delusional in his assess-ment of cleft and treatment at large at this crucial historical moment, he is a man who ultimately refuses to yield to pessimism. In the eye of his mind, he sees a silver lining ahead.

Sampaino says, "Time and time again the feedback I get from our supporters and what really resonates with them is the results of their support; it's immediate and it's visual. When you contrast before and after photos it's incredibly satisfying. It's a surgery that

usually takes around an hour that has an immediate impact on the trajectory of a child's life. They gravitate towards the work we do because it's one child at a time one cleft palate at a time. Since 1999, this innovative model has al-lowed Smile Train to care for more than 1.5 million children

affected by cleft, more than all the other cleft charities combined. Our technology is a game-changer.”

For questions about Smile Train and to support the cleft care program in Los Cabos, please contact Michael Sam-piano at [email protected] or 1-315-508-7466. ,

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