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Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler, and I am just so happy to be introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico.
That music you were just listening to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa Group of Restaurants. Those are La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta’s Oldest Restaurant on the famous Los Muertos Beach, and The El Dorado Restaurant and Beach Club right next door so you can enjoy that fantastic view of the Los Muertos Pier all lit up at night in beautiful colors, or during the day in its grand splendor for breakfast, lunch or dinner, seated with your toes in the sand right at the water’s edge. It’s so romantic, it’s so, Puerto Vallarta my friends.
This week we are doing a deep dive into securing your home or business and or family in Puerto Vallarta. Maybe you are throwing a big party and need security on hand, this company can help you…you will be meeting Martin from SEPEPSA Security Services in Puerto Vallarta. Martin will be talking about security in paradise. …but before I get to Martin, let’s see what’s happening this week in Puerto Vallarta, The 7th day of July, 2022.
Contact Information for SEPEPSA Security Service in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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- Address: María Montessori 413, Palmar de Aramara, 48314 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., Mexico
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Wow, looks like Nuevo Vallarta Is Being Renamed…to Nuevo Nayarit….let’s read from Mexico News Daily…
What’s in a Name? Nuevo Vallarta is now Nuevo Nayarit?
Nuevo Vallarta is now Nuevo Nayarit, but not everyone is happy
Critics accused the governor of Nayarit of strong-arming local leaders
Published on Friday, June 24, 2022
Planning a trip to Nuevo Vallarta, the popular tourist development just north of Puerto Vallarta?
Not anymore you’re not.
The name of the tailored enclave — known for its luxury accommodations, golf courses, marina and long, sandy beach — was officially changed to Nuevo Nayarit in a vote this week by the local municipal council.
The new name makes sense to some, since the development is in the state of Nayarit, across the Río Ameca from Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, and is the southernmost part of the 300-kilometer stretch of coastline that for 15 years has been branded as the Riviera Nayarit.
In fact, the governor of Nayarit, Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero, has been the No. 1 proponent of the renaming since he announced it out of left field in early January. “We are no longer determined to promote a municipality in the neighboring state, but rather our own municipalities and our own state,” he declared at the time.
Shortly thereafter, a huge sign welcoming people to the area was changed to “Bienvenidos a Nuevo Nayarit.”
But numerous business people, residents, property owners and members of the tourist industry and chamber of commerce are up in arms for a handful of reasons. Many, for example, like how the name Nuevo Vallarta created a marketable twinning with Puerto Vallarta.
Moreover, some accused the governor of strong-arming the mayor and members of the Bahía de Banderas municipal council into voting for the change.
The 14-member council of the municipality, which includes the newly-named Nuevo Nayarit, approved the new name at its June 21 meeting by simple majority.
That meeting turned into something of a circus, with opponents of the name change trying in vain to voice their opinions. After an hour of rigmarole and threats that the meeting would be suspended, a vote was finally taken.
The newspaper Tribuna de la Bahía reported that opponents of the Nuevo Nayarit name confronted the municipal council for “not listening to them and changing the name of Nuevo Vallarta just by raising their hands.” At one point, the session was interrupted by citizens who wanted to present all of the economic and legal implications of the name change — so the council members could cast an informed vote.
Nuevo Vallarta has been sold as a tourist brand alongside Puerto Vallarta for nearly four decades. José Ludwig Estrada Virgen, a longtime but now retired tourism director for Puerto Vallarta, said he regretted the name change, as it will undermine joint promotion efforts and will have repercussions for the region.
Afterward, Daniela Ramírez, a resident in the area, accused the elected officials of going against the will of the people and succumbing to “political whims.”
“If they are listening to the people, then they do not change that name,” she said. “We are going to go forward with lawsuits and injunctions.”
The newspaper Vallarta Independiente reported that mayor of Bahía de Banderas, Mirtha Villalvazo Amaya, said she did not want to change the name when queried in January, right after the governor’s announcement had taken everybody by surprise. She told reporters, “in an annoyed tone,” that his decision was made hastily and without consulting her, business people, those who promote tourism in the region and residents. However, this week she had changed her tune and said it was a good thing for Bahía, and she voted for the change at the meeting.
Milton Colmenares wrote in the Vallarta Independiente: “Sitting well with the governor has become a priority, even though this means trampling on the voice of the citizenry.”
Council member María del Carmen Arreola told the newspaper Meridiano: “For us who live in this place, it is vitally important to have our own identity. It is time to emancipate ourselves with a vision based on what the region represents in tourism, economic and visionary matters. The neighboring municipality of Puerto Vallarta is always recognized for what it contributed to this destination … I know that it is the right time to enhance the Nuevo Nayarit brand, and I join the effort to have its own identity.”
With reports from Vallarta Independiente, Tribuna de la Bahía and Meridiano
And I have a link to that article from Mexico News Daily with reports from Vallarta Independiente, Tribuna de la Bahía and Meridiano in the show notes.
So how about that, do you think that will stick? How many of you traveled to Puerto Vallarta, or know of others who have, only to find out you or they are in another state?
Interesting that we are doing an episode on security in Vallarta,
Journalist Attacked in Puerto Vallarta, Susana Carreno
Just the other day a journalist, a lady I listen to quite often, Susana Carreno was attacked and gravely injured in town. Susana does a radio show out of the University of Guadalajara La Costa in Puerto Vallarta at their radio station Radio UDGPV, her show is called Todo Los Vozes Cuentan, or in English, that would be All the Voices Count…and on her show she talks about the news of the day in Vallarta but it’s a talk show and has guests from the city, government, social groups, I fact I have one of her last Facebook shows she did in the show notes where she has on the folks from SEAPAL, the water utility in Vallarta. The program is about an hour in length. She is a tough cookie, and gets to the point. I remember she made national news when she asked AMLO a question about the government keeping promises to pay people during the pandemic when he was in town, something like that..so she’s a real pistol… At any rate, she was attacked…here’s the latest on the situation and on her condition…..
Mexican journalist Susana Carreño Severely Wounded in Puerto Vallarta Knife Attack
July 6, 2022 1:59 PM EDT
Mexico City, July 6, 2022 – Mexican authorities should immediately and transparently investigate the stabbing of journalist Susana Carreño, determine the motive of the attack, and take appropriate steps to guarantee her safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday.
On July 1, near the coastal resort city of Puerto Vallarta, in the central Mexican state of Jalisco, unidentified drivers in a gray Jeep Grand Cherokee crashed into Carreño’s vehicle; two men then approached the scene on a motorcycle, forced Carreño at gunpoint to lay down, and stabbed her repeatedly, according to news reports.
Carreño, a reporter for Radio UDG, a broadcaster affiliated with the University of Guadalajara, underwent emergency surgery for injuries to her chest and neck, and was in stable condition as of Wednesday but was not allowed to speak due to her injuries, Radio UDG director Gabriel Torres told CPJ by phone.
“The shocking and brutal attack on Susana Carreño, less than a week after journalist Antonio de la Cruz and his daughter were killed in Tamaulipas, once again shows the Mexican authorities’ utter failure to protect the country’s press,” said Jan-Albert Hootsen, CPJ’s Mexico representative. “Authorities must protect Carreño and her colleagues by all means necessary, immediately find the culprits of this shameless violence, and determine whether Carreño was attacked for her work.”
Carreño and her co-worker had just entered their vehicle when the attack began, according to Torres and a news report by UGTV, Radio UDG’s television affiliate, which said that the initial car crash was seemingly deliberate.
The attackers used Carreño’s vehicle to escape the crime scene, and the car was found about 10 miles from the scene of the attack, that report said.
Torres said the attack took place minutes after Carreño and her co-worker, whose identity he asked CPJ to keep private for safety concerns, finished a live broadcast of Carreño’s news show “All Voices Count” at Ejido Vallarta, a stretch of communal land near Puerto Vallarta. Carreño has worked for Radio UDG for years, and recently reported on alleged corruption and illegal construction work in the area, Torres said.
Hours after the attack, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro wrote on Twitter describing it as a robbery.
Torres, however, said that while the attackers did steal the journalist and her coworker’s phones and car, “they went straight for [Carreño]; this did not look like a robbery at all.”
According to that UGTV report, Jalisco state authorities later announced that they were investigating whether the attack was related to Carreño’s work, but had not commented publicly on the possible motive or the identity of the attackers.
Torres told CPJ that Carreño had not mentioned receiving any recent threats to her life.
An official with the Federal Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists, which provides journalists with protective measures under the auspices of the Federal Interior Ministry, told CPJ that the office was not aware of any recent threats against Carreño or her colleagues at Radio UDG. He added that the mechanism had contacted Carreño in the wake of the attack and was incorporating her into a protection program. That official asked CPJ to remain anonymous, as he was not authorized to speak publicly.
CPJ repeatedly called the Jalisco state prosecutor’s office for comment, but no one answered.
Mexico is the deadliest country for journalists in the Western Hemisphere. According to CPJ research, at least three journalists have been murdered in direct relation to their work in 2022. CPJ is investigating another eight killings to determine the motive.
And I have a link to that article from CPJ.org in the shownotes.
I went to Susana’s Facebook page today and found that she was interviewed by the police with the help of her attorney yesterday, and she did say the attack was deliberate, and that she gave her information to the police, so we’ll see what comes of this.
Susana’s Facebook Page
UDG TV’s All Voices Count
We’ll have to see if this was just a case of being at the wrong place at the wrong time, or if it has to do with her work, as a journalist, asking those tough questions of folks who have the power to I don’t know….kill you?
I was watching her last edition of her show All Voices Count, and man, that was not a friendly interview. I’ll not conjecture here, but I will embed it in the show notes…it’s in Spanish mind you, but…looks a little sketchy.
So, we are pulling for Susana and I hope she makes a quick recovery and gets back to her fine work soon. Get well soon Susana Carreno.
Mexican President Obrador Says to US, Free Julian Assange or Return The Statue of Liberty to France
Speaking of keeping journalists quiet. AMLO has stirred the pot. He’s telling the US to pardon Julian Assange or they might as well disassemble the Statue of Liberty and ship it back to France….that’s right….
From TELESURTV.NET…
https://www.telesurenglish.net/amp/news/Mexican-President-To-Discuss-Assanges-Case-With-Biden-20220704-0021.html
During his morning daily news briefing, the Mexican President announced that he was willing to provide asylum to Julian Assange; at the time, he criticized that “the big press” has kept silent in the face of the case of the founder of WikiLeaks.
“If he is brought to the U.S. and given the maximum sentence, [sentenced to] death in prison, a campaign should be launched to dismantle the Statue of Liberty in New York that was gifted by the French because it will no longer be a symbol of freedom,” explained Lopez Obrador.
“Julian Assange is the best journalist of our time in the world and he has been treated very unfairly, worse than a criminal. This is a shame for the world,” said the Mexican President, calling for the accusations to be lifted. He recalled that “humanity must prevail.”
He commented on the information revealed in WikiLeaks articles which talked about the fraud committed in the 2006 presidential elections by the then President Vicente Fox alongside Felipe Calderón, messages that were never denied.
Mexican President Lopez Obrador will meet next week with U.S. President Joe Biden on Assange’s case.
On Monday, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reiterated his willingness to discuss Julian Assange’s case with U.S. President Joe Biden during his meeting scheduled for next week in Washington.
I have a link to that article from TELESUR TV in the show notes.
This is not necessarily new…in fact
Last January it was revealed that AMLO had asked Trump to pardon the WikiLeaks leaker…
from Reuters
Mexico president says he sought Assange pardon from Trump, renews asylum offer
Reuters
MEXICO CITY, Jan 3, 2022 (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had sought a pardon for Julian Assange from former U.S. President Donald Trump before he left office last year and repeated his offer of asylum for the Wikileaks founder on Monday.
Last month, the Australian-born Assange moved closer to facing criminal charges in the United States for one of the biggest leaks of classified information after Washington won an appeal over his extradition in an English court.
U.S. authorities accuse Assange of 18 counts relating to WikiLeaks’ release of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables which they said had put lives in danger.
Lopez Obrador reiterated the asylum offer he had made for Assange a year ago, and said that before Trump was replaced as U.S. president by Joe Biden last January, he had written him a letter recommending that Assange be pardoned.
Mexico did not receive a reply to the letter, Lopez Obrador told a regular government news conference.
“It would be a sign of solidarity, of fraternity to allow him asylum in the country that Assange decides to live in, including Mexico,” Lopez Obrador said.
If granted asylum in Mexico, Assange would not be able to interfere in the affairs of other countries, and would not represent any sort of threat, Lopez Obrador added.
More hurdles remain before Assange could be sent to the United States after an odyssey which has taken him from teenage hacker in Melbourne to years holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London and then incarcerated in a maximum-security prison.
Supporters of the 50-year-old Assange cast him as an anti-establishment hero who has been persecuted by the United States for exposing U.S. wrongdoing and double-dealing across the world from Afghanistan and Iraq to Washington.
So there you go….I have a link to that article from Reuters News Service in the show notes.
So look, I’m with AMLO…..Free Julian Assange….I’ll be ordering my bumper stickers today! How about you?
Enough with this spying and intrigue, let’s just segue way into security and security systems in Puerto Vallarta with our next guest…Martin Pulido, from SEPEPSA Security Services…
SEPEPSA Security Service in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Contact Information for SEPEPSA Security Service in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SepepsaPV/?ref=page_internal
- Website: http://www.sepepsa.mx/
- Address: María Montessori 413, Palmar de Aramara, 48314 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., Mexico
- Phone#: +523222258081
Many of my interviews come from listeners’ suggestions as well as very special friends on the ground in Vallarta. JR of course knows just about everybody, and is constantly sending me ideas and suggestions, mostly Vallarta personalities I call them. The people you see on the streets every trip down and there’s something different about them that makes them stand out from the crowd.
Johnny D has introduced me to some very interesting people in town and Dean Regher from Puerto Magico and Cacao Magico has hooked me up with many fine interviews as well and Martin, is one of those interviews.
Dean asks me if I had ever considered having a security service on the show to talk about alarm systems and such and I had just left the office of the Botanical Garden that they
have in the Romantic Zone. I was talking with Neil and a friend of his stopped in while we were chatting, and he proceeded telling us about a burglary at his home in Gringo Gulch that occurred while he was asleep…so I of course said absolutely Dean. Who do you have in mind? And He says, only the best Barry. The folks at SEPEPSA Security Services, they do all our security at the Port, and one of the head honchos is a good friend of mine.
So, I tell him hook us up. And before you know it, we are on a three-way WhatsApp conversation.
Now Dean loves good food, and he likes to introduce me to interesting hole in the wall type places…just to show off…no, really, I appreciate Dean for widening my culinary palette. He asks me if I’ve ever eaten at Juan Tiberon in Gaviotas? Great ceviche, they are rated #1 in Trip Advisor. He says we’ll meet there, have some seafood, and I’ll leave you and Martin to talk about what he does.
And so let’s go right now to a cool hole in the wall in Colonia Gaviotas at the corner of Brazil and Paseo La Vena to Juan Tiberon, and let’s talk about keeping secure, securing your home or condo, your business, security guards for your event…let’s talk safety in Paradise with Martin Edwardo Escobedo Pulido…Martin, from SEPEPSA Private Security Services…Seguridad Privada, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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Martin’s Favorite Places to Eat
Breakfast:
Lunch:
Dinner:
- Cenadoria Chepina Versalles, Puerto Vallarta
- Favorite Steak Restaurant: Bravos Puerto Vallarta
- Favorite Sushi Restaurant: Tsunami Puerto Vallarta
- Favorite Italian Restaurant: La Dulce Vita Restaurant, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- Tarantino’s Pizza Puerto Vallarta
Thank you very much Martin! Very important information I must say. I have all the contact information for SEPEPSA Servicios Seguridades in the show notes. Check them out on Facebook and Instagram. Remember them when you set up your security system in Puerto Vallarta or in Nuevo Vallarta…wait, we can’t call them that any more…Nuevo Riviera Nayarit…There, that’s more like it.
Okay, that should do it for today…next week Stay tuned for more on the ground reports from Puerto Vallarta Mexico, with travel tips, great restaurant and excursion ideas and more. Until then, remember, this is an interactive show where I depend on your questions and suggestions about all things Puerto Vallarta. If you think of something I should be talking about, please reach out to me by clicking on the Contact us tab and sending us your message.
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and on the ground knowledge of everything Puerto Vallarta in exchange for your making a purchase of a tour that you would do anyway, you’re just doing it through him as a way of saying thank you. It costs no more than if you were to use someone else so do it. Really. And when you do take one of these tours, email me about your experiences. Maybe you
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need to have a look there. I have the links to the places we talk about, interesting pictures and the more all right there in my blog-posts and show-notes for each episode of the show so check them out for sure if you haven’t already all-right? All right.
Thank you to Dean Regher from Cacao Magico for introducing my new friend Martin to me. I do appreciate your help and friendship my friend. And thank you Martin Edwardo Escobedo Pulido…Martin, from SEPEPSA Private Security Services…Seguridad Privada, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Thanks for your time and expertise and helping us all understand what you can do for us.Of course you can find all that information in the blog shownotes at www.puertovallartatravelshow.com.
And thanks to all of you for listening all the way through this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. This is Barry Kessler signing off with a wish for you all to slow down, be kind and live the Vallarta lifestyle. Nos Vemos amigos.
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