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Shared by Amauri Marconi Leal

The Ministry of Defense “rethinks” of mobilizing army special forces in Petén – kaibiles-, specifically to areas close to the line of adjacency with Belize, after military bullet injured a Guatemalan, a fact which is attached to a long history of incidents in that area.

Guatemalan soldiers [...]

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Belizeans and true friends of Belize,

It appears as though the Cabinet has made a pronouncement concerning the proposed Norwegian Cruise Lines development on Crawl Caye.

As with all things, especially in dealing with matters deriving from this administration, a word to the wise is that despite what you glean from the press release…”the [...]

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28 May 2013 — by Derrick Estrada

On June 19th 2009, the Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon. Dean Barrow, while addressing the proposed 7th amendment to the Belize constitution in the National Assembly uttered the following words:

“Because our laws recognize dual citizenship how then will you turn around, recognizing dual [...]

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There are several stages a Bill goes through before becoming law. The stages ensure that a Bill is subject to public debate and scrutiny and also subject to changes or to be amended. The stages a Bill goes through include the following:

Introduction and First Reading of Bills Standing Committee Second Reading of Bills Committee [...]

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By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant

Previously, we discussed the issue of parents and guardians who seem neglectful and show very little, if any, interest in their children’s day-to-day work, or lack of work, at school.  However, I made it clear that there’s nothing to be gained when educators [...]

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Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL)…you won’t destroy our Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, our Great Blue Hole and its surrounding eco-systems, to build a casino and more! Not on our watch and not in our backyard! Belizeans, and True Friends of Belize, please help us raise awareness by sharing and making this go viral. [...]

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Belize Accepts Possibility of 2014 Referendum, What Will Guate Do?

7News Mon, May 13, 2013

Fred Martinez and 25 other UDP candidates went on to lose the election, which was held a few weeks after that interview. It’s worked out better for him, and for the country because instead [...]

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News5 Belize May 13, 2013

It is not the first time that there has been destruction to Noh Mul. Our records show that in June 1998, similar destructive activity was reported by the Archeology Department on one of the smaller plazas. Fortunately, the damage was not as extensive as [...]

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Something that seems to be a norm in Belize has made it’s way into the International Media’s eye. The senseless and ignorant destruction of our Belizean Heritage and History.

Who caused the destruction? A political affiliate and aspirant for the UDP party Denny Grijalva. Quote from 7NewsBelize:

The name we saw on the [...]

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Here’s a video showing Belize Police buying contraband gas.

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We recently got hold of some of the land documents showing where the minister has either given or sold at dirt cheap, land to his family. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources has literally said that because him and his family are not “NORMAL” Belizeans that these actions are ok and the [...]

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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 19:41:00 -0500
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Interesting news from the Belize/Guatemala border region. The following appeared in the Belizian newspaper, The Reporter. Border security key issue Belize-Mexico-Guatemala Belize beefs up border patrols [...]

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And finally tonight, we have the Prime Minister speaking on the controversial Rosewood Amnesty. It finished on Friday and the Forestry Department is now tallying all that will be stamped and approved for export. The amnesty has been roundly, almost universally condemned, and the PM says, he hears it well enough.

Hon. Dean Barrow

“I [...]

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Surfing around on the internet for articles of interest I stumbled upon this, maybe someone out there with more education on these matter will make more of this than I can and would share it with us in an honest setting with no political motivation.

ENRIQUE HUBBARD URREA BELIZE: VECINO IGNORADO LA PERSPECTIVA DE UN [...]

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Published: Friday | April 12, 2013 on The Gleamer

It is urgent that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) engage the global community for help in sending a clear message to Guatemala that there will be no reward for bad behaviour, including, as seems to be the intent of the Central American country, squirming out [...]

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The dispute moved now to the “court phase.” Guatemala proposed arbitration, and Britain suggested taking the matter to the Hague Court. Guatemala was not in favour of the dispute being examined purely on a legal basis. In July 1939, Guatemala published a White Book on her claims, and in 1940 Britain again offered arbitration in [...]

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