Ways to Help

Barra de Potosi is struggling against very power political and economic forces. But international tourism is of the highest importance in Mexico and the government and others who are shaping the fate of the village should know how tourists feel about these issues. You can help.

1. Send an email to Mexican officials at the addresses below telling them that Barra de Potosi should be preserved and not be developed as a cruise ship destination.

2. Send an email to the cruise ship lines saying that they should have nothing to do with a pier or cruise ship facilities in Barra de Potosi..

3. Join the Facebook Causes page.

4. Post a message of support on this site.

6. Go viral. Spread the word about this struggle.

Individually these are small acts, but it takes surprisingly few of them to get attention and if we can generate hundreds, we have a great chance of turning the tide. We already have had success with reopening the water flow that threatened the lagoon. This is a struggle that can be won.

1. Send An Email To Mexican Officials

(We are continuing to update and add to the email lists, if you have names or addresses that we don't have, please email and let us know)

Addresses

President of Mexico- Felipe Calderon

Secretary of Tourism- Gloria Rebeca Guevara Manzo-

Secretary of Environment - Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada

Fonatur Director General- Christina Adriana Perez Quesnel

Jesus Martinez buzon.jme@gmail.com

Governor of Guerrero- Angel Heladio Aguirre Rivero-http://guerrero.gob.mx/buzon-del-gobernador/

Director of Tourism of Guerrero- Graciela Baez Ricardez

Secretary of the Environment of Guerrero- Carlos Toledo Mazur- toledocarlos@prodigy.net.mx

Federal Deputy for Costa Grande- Armando Rios Piter- rios_piter@hotmail.com

Mayor of Petatlan- Jose Albino Lacunza Santos- presidencia_petatlan@hotmail.com and secretaria_petatlan@hotmail.com

Director of Tourism of Petatlan - dir_turismopetatlan09@hotmail.com

Mayor of Zihuatanejo- Alejandro Bravo

Director of Tourism of Zihuatanejo- turismo@ixtapa-zihuatanjejo.gob.mx

Association of Tourism Operators in Zihuatanejo- tipzihua@prodigy.net.mx

2. Join The Facebook Causes Page

You can click here to join:

http://www.causes.com/causes/579944?m=5e002cf2

3. Post A Message of Support Here

You can click here to leave a comment on the guestbook page:

http://savebarra.jimdo.com/guestbook

4. Tell The Cruise Lines That You Don't Want Them In Barra

You can send emails or letters (both is even better) to the cruise ship lines that visit Zihuatanejo and tell them that you do not want to see them participate in a pier at Barra de Potosi. Their contact information is below:

Cunard Line-

email: http://www.cunard.com/About-Cunard-Line/Contact-Us

address: 24303 Town Center Drive Ste 200 Valencia, CA 91355

Carnival Cruise Line-

email:http://www.carnival.com/contactus.aspx

address: 3655 NW 87th Avenue, Miami FL 33178-2428

Holland American Line-

email:http://www.hollandamerica.com/contactUs/Main.action

address: Stein Kruse, President HAL, 300 Elliott Avenue West Seattle WA 98119

Silversea Line

email:http://www.silversea.com/contact-us/send-message/

address:110 E Broward Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301