And so, Saldivar says he is making sure that his constituents know the facts of the case so that they can make an informed decision on April tenth. He says that residents in Belmopan have met with the I.C.J. Referendum committee and that there will be subsequent sensitization efforts taking place in his constituency. Today, […]
The Belize Peace Movement, proponents of a ‘no’ vote in the upcoming I.C.J. referendum, is hitching its wagon to an ostensible legal opinion being put forward by a purported Nigerian attorney. She likens the Belize/Guatemala territorial dispute to that of Nigeria and Cameroon several decades ago, where both countries took a claim over the Bakassi […]
Paulette Elrington, daughter of Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington, is no longer in the employment of the Government of Belize. This is according to a letter dated February seventh, 2019. The letter was sent by the C.E.O. in the ministry, Pat Andrews, who was responding to a letter sent by the Public Service Union a […]
Today, a cheque of sixty thousand dollars was handed over to the government of Belize from the Republic of China (Taiwan) to facilitate one of two exchange investment missions between both countries to be launched in 2019 by the Ministry of Investment Trade and Commerce. The objectives are to increase foreign direct investment in priority […]
Today marks exactly three months since Ambassador Remus Li-Kuo Chen officially took up mission in Belize. He says that the initiative is linking potential Taiwanese investors with Belizean businesses. And it is the hope that by the end of the second mission later this year, solid business relationships would have been formed between investment opportunities […]
Back to back and in recent times, shocking Ponzi schemes and investment scandals were exposed in multimillion dollar projects in Belize. From a cursory view, the projects seemed legit, but would later turn out to be strategy used by scammers to rob investors of millions of dollars. So we asked Minister Panton what mechanisms have […]
An O.A.S. 2015 reports shows that Belize is the Central American country that has had the highest immigration since the early 1980’s. The foreign-born population in 2013 represented a little over fifteen percent of Belize’s total population – about sixty percent from Guatemala and El Salvador. Belize has long been sought after by groups of […]
Tonight political and economic tensions continue to grow in Venezuela. According to online reports, Venezuelan soldiers have blocked a crossing with trucks and shipping tankers ahead of an aid delivery arranged by opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who has declared himself interim president. President Nicolás Maduro, who has the support of the army, is not allowing […]
Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington departed the country on Tuesday for Uruguay, along with Ambassadors Daniel Gutierrez and Lou-Anne Burns as well as former O.A.S. Ambassador Lisa Shoman to participate in the international contact group meetings on the situation in Venezuela. The governments of Mexico, Uruguay and CARICOM have proposed the Montevideo Mechanism. According to CARICOM, […]
So while the statement at the O.A.S. by Belize was sanctioned, according to DPM Faber, Belize will not support any type of intervention or interference from any international superpower, such as the U.S. He says that Venezuela has the right to self-determination without political, economic or military interference from other world states. Patrick Faber, […]
In January Former Boundary Commissioner Lindsay Belisle made his media rounds voicing his complete opposition in taking the Guatemalan claim to the International Court of Justice. According to Belisle taking the dispute for the I.C.J. to rule on is too risky because the 1859 Treaty does not give a title to Belize’s eight-eight-sixty-seven square miles. […]
Assad Shoman has been making his rounds on the media pushing for a YES vote at the April tenth referendum. This morning he appeared on Open Your Eyes. Shoman is the face of a not-for-profit organization that goes by the name, Citizens for the Defence of Sovereignty or C.D.S., which emerged recently and is outwardly […]
Among the myriad of answers that Shoman provided was in respect to a question on the 1859 treaty, which is at the core of the territorial claim by Guatemala. Shoman claims Belize did not inherit the 1859 treaty from the UK. But he added that Belize inherited the boundaries of the 1859 treaty. Here is […]
One of the common concerns proponents of a NO vote have repeatedly expressed, is that it is unfathomable to Belize that Guatemala would go to Court if it did not have a strong case. This morning, Shoman maintained, as we’ve heard many times before, that Guatemala simply has no case. Assad Shoman, Citizens for […]
Members of CARICOM have called on Luis Almagro, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, to publicly clarify that he does not speak on behalf of all the member states of the O.A.S. This is in relation to the political instability and crisis in Venezuela. Almagro has taken to social media to denounce […]
Political and economic pressures continue to mount on Nicolas Maduro, the embattled President of Venezuela. The South American country has been thrown into chaos and crisis over the past few months as tens of thousands of Venezuelans have taken to the streets to protest. Opposition Leader Juan Guaido has declared himself the interim president of […]
Opposition politician Juan Guaido shot to fame on January twenty-third when he declared himself Venezuela’s interim president. Since then, Guaido has been getting the support of many powerful and influential nations as well as the European parliament, which recognized Guaido as de facto head of state. European governments, divided over whether to recognize Guaido, also […]
We also asked the Venezuelan Ambassador about the diplomatic relations between Belize and Venezuela. The two countries have always enjoyed friendly and bilateral relations. But in a strange twist of events, last week, Belize’s O.A.S. Ambassador Daniel Gutierrez, in a special session, told representatives of member states that the failure of the government of Venezuela […]
Mexico’s former President, Vicente Fox, was on a brief visit today. Fox’s visit was unannounced, but the government offered him courtesies. A very short release says the fifty-fifth president met with Prime Minister Barrow. That meeting was at the Laing building and Fox was accompanied by friends who are businessmen and potential investors. The photos […]
Former Boundary Commissioner Lindsay Belisle is adding to the I.C.J. debate through a different perspective. Belisle, who is also an international surveyor, is supporting a NO vote and is warning the government that, “The 1859 Treaty does not give title to Belize’s eight-eight-sixty-seven.” In fact, Belisle explains that taking the claim to the I.C.J. is […]
Belisle went further to state that the one of the discrepancies he identified in the 1859 Treaty is that the location of the Aguas Turbias does not correspond to the coordinates in the treaty. He says that if the 1859 Treaty is Belize’s trump card in our case against Guatemala’s claim then the government and […]
The situation continues to deteriorate in Venezuela where Opposition Leader Juan Guaido claims he is the interim president and has the support of the U.S., Canada and other countries. On January tenth, when Nicolas Maduro started a new term as president, Belize abstained from voting on a resolution by the Organization of American States to […]
We are one hundred and four days away from the April tenth I.C.J. Referendum. The Belize Referendum Commission is the official body in charge in carrying out a proper and well-resourced referendum campaign. The People’s United Party is demanding that the education campaign be re-designed, managed and implemented by a well-resourced, independent commission. The government […]
Guatemala’s claim over Belize has lingered over the country and its people for more than two centuries. The territorial dispute has divided the country especially when it comes to deciding whether we should submit the claim to the International Court of Justice for final resolution. Belizeans will make that decision on April tenth and according […]
The Foreign Minister also spoke on the I.C.J. referendum. This comes on the heels of a People’s Declaration released on Wednesday by the People’s United Party. The P.U.P. announced its NO position with regards to taking Guatemala’s claim over Belize to the International Court of Justice for final resolution. The announcement was made by Leader […]
