About Us

Welcome to the digital edition of ¡Viva Puerto!, a magazine published in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Barbara Joan Schaffer

Like Puerto Escondido, ¡Viva Puerto! is a work-in-progress, reflecting the interests and concerns of residents and visitors alike - whether it be real estate development, eco-adventures, local communities, or art and poetry.

On another level, the magazine aspires to be a forum in which both Mexicans and members of the international community will be able to share their insights and expertise on everything Puerto. I moved to Puerto in 2005 and bought property and built a house two years later. Fate and Puerto have been kind to me, but realistically Puerto is not Paradise. (In the real Paradise, I am told, the Internet is fast and dependable, and it isn’t hot as hell half the year.)

If this magazine succeeds, it will be because of its contributors. Future editions will be about whatever you (readers and writers) want it to be - within reason - as long as it fits inside the still-unknown, editorial guidelines. (However, we will not accept articles on surfing or for the promotion of tourism - there are many other publications that cover these areas very well.)

Barbara Joan Schaffer
Editor and publisher

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