From the publisher’s rulebook

Who goes first in Maracaibo?

dlp games English rules, 2019

The player who was most recently aboard a ship starts.

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Rule details

The starter receives 8 doubloons; each following player clockwise receives one more.

If there’s a tie

The cited starting-player instruction does not specify a tie-break. We don’t infer one.

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