Puerto Vallarta Coffee & Headlines • October 1, 2020

New beach closing fines make businesses shudder. Who is Mafalda and why should I care? New grocery health labeling goes into full effect. Ah, and let's not forget the Mantamar teabaggers, and other truly tasteless tidbits you didn't even knew you needed to know about, on a Thursday, no less!

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From today’s broadcast:

HEADLINES

New legislation against businesses and developers that restrict beach access makes local news:
Vallarta Independiente: https://vallartaindependiente.com/2020/09/30/multaran-hasta-con-un-millon-de-pesos-la-privatizacion-de-playas/
Vallarta Opina: http://vallartaopinaenlinea.com/2020/09/tiemblen-desarrollos-1-millon-de-multa-a-quien-no-deje-pasar-a-playas/

New food item safe labeling goes into effect in Mexico: https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/que-cambia-con-el-nuevo-etiquetado-de-alimentos-en-mexico-inspirado-en-chile

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro, among the five best governors in the country, according to poll: https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/estados/enrique-alfaro-entre-los-cinco-gobernantes-con-mayor-aprobacion-de-la-gente/

Crocodile captured in Nuevo Vallarta: http://www.noticiaspv.com.mx/capturan-cocodrilo-en-nuevo-vallarta/

Open your beaches, says Puerto Vallarta government to Nayarit: http://vallartaopinaenlinea.com/2020/09/puerto-vallarta-a-nayarit-abran-sus-playas-gobierno-se-niega-negocios-quiebran/

Mexico City’s Day of the Day parade will be virtual: https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Desfile-de-Dia-de-Muertos-en-la-Ciudad-de-Mexico-sera-virtual-20200930-0088.html

Mexico City’s annual Zombie March will be virtual: https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/trip/marcha-zombie-mexico-2020-evento-virtual-donde-cuando-eventos-cdmx-redes-sociales/

Mantamar in hot water—literally—makes headlines: http://vallartaopinaenlinea.com/2020/09/escandalo-por-sexo-publico-de-pareja-gay-en-alberca-de-puerto-vallarta/



LEISURE

It’s October 1 and Christmas displays are out at local stores… http://vallartaopinaenlinea.com/2020/09/llega-la-navidad-a-puerto-vallarta-surten-adornos-para-posadas-en-supermercados/

WATCH: Trailer for Netflix’s new Spanish language ‘culebrón,’ ‘Someone Has to Die’
https://youtu.be/25hk3z4COnU

Help us feed the horses in El Jorullo! https://spark.adobe.com/page/SxiaGLBd288u7/