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The Mexico-Belize Business virtual roundtable was held today. The online meeting was between public and private sector businesses from both countries and was done through collaboration between the Embassy of [...]
Written on March 5, 2021 | Posted in
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Foreign ministers Eamon Courtenay and Pedro Brolo Vila met for the first time this morning at the Office of the Organization of American States at the Adjacency Zone. The meeting [...]
Written on March 4, 2021 | Posted in
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The territorial dispute between Guatemala and Belize is before the International Court of Justice, with Guatemala having completed its submissions to the court on its claim of Belize’s land and [...]
Written on March 2, 2021 | Posted in
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CARICOM Heads of State are expressing frustration at the obstacles Caribbean nations are facing trying to access vaccines. At the end of a two-day virtual conference, Chairman Doctor Keith Rowley, [...]
Written on February 26, 2021 | Posted in
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If you are a young Belizean passionate about climate change, the Italian Embassy in Mexico City is looking for delegates to send to a youth climate summit in Milan this [...]
Written on February 26, 2021 | Posted in
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The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, also known as IICA, is piloting a voluntary third-party quality assurance project in Belize and Honduras. Today, a virtual ceremony was held to [...]
Written on February 25, 2021 | Posted in
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The project will also look at legislative frameworks, capacity building efforts and public-private partnership opportunities to facilitate changes to strengthen the food security management system. Minister of Food Security Jose [...]
Written on February 25, 2021 | Posted in
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They may not be able to sit together in person due to COVID-19, but that is not stopping Belizean and Mexican business counterparts from joining forces. Today, the Embassy of [...]
Written on February 25, 2021 | Posted in
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If Belizeans think that our COVID-19 lockdown a few months ago and the current curfew and other restrictions seem severe, you may want to hear what the government of Barbados [...]
Written on February 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Also in COVID-19 news from the region, Saint Lucians celebrated their first set of vaccinations this week. The first round of three thousand doses is already being administered and the [...]
Written on February 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Tonight, there is some progress to report on the COVID-19 vaccine front. Fellow Caribbean nation Barbados has offered Belize one thousand vaccines. On Sunday, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Motley [...]
Written on February 12, 2021 | Posted in
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Former Belizean Prime Minister Said Musa has written to U.S. President Joe Biden in respect to Cuba. Musa tells President Biden that removing the recent designation and lifting the embargo [...]
As we reported earlier in the newscast, India’s vaccine diplomacy continues in full swing. Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the hundred thousand Oxford [...]
Written on February 12, 2021 | Posted in
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, and Immigration Eamon Courtenay, participated in a virtual extraordinary meeting between Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Central American Integration System and the UN [...]
Written on February 11, 2021 | Posted in
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The tourism industry in Belize continues to take a hit from the economic fallout caused by COVID-19. Usually, this time of year, tourists arrive by the thousands; these days, they [...]
Written on February 10, 2021 | Posted in
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Another matter discussed at today’s press conference is one that Santander says will deliver a hit on Belize’s sugar producers. According to the company, Brexit – the official departure of [...]
Written on February 9, 2021 | Posted in
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Last month, the Government of Belize settled a trade dispute out of court with St. Kitts and Nevis. Last year, Belize sued St. Kitts and Trinidad and Tobago because they [...]
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Today, the International Office of Migration in Belize signed an implementation agreement with three local partners to expand the I.O.M.’s Migrant Hubs in three locations. The hubs are being supported [...]
While backlash from a possible bad review after the viral video is less of a concern, the tourism sector is bracing for the impact of the new travel regulations being [...]
On Thursday of last week, a Venezuelan navy vessel detained two fishing vessels in Guyana’s exclusive economic zone, the latest dispute in a long-running border conflict between the two South [...]
Written on January 26, 2021 | Posted in
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Hours after he became President of the United States, Joe Biden moved to recommit the United States to the Paris Agreement. Last year, the U.S. became the first country to [...]
Written on January 26, 2021 | Posted in
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On Thursday, the new U.S. President Joe Biden signed a flurry of executive orders within his first twenty-four hours in office. But one of those executive orders can have grave [...]
The United States of America has a new president. This morning, President Joe Biden took his oath as the forty-sixth president of the United States of America. Alongside him was [...]
Written on January 20, 2021 | Posted in
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Shifting to the regional perspective, the Pan American Health Organization held a public education virtual session this morning to speak about the COVID-19 situation in the Americas. The hour-long session [...]
Written on January 19, 2021 | Posted in
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The U.S. Embassy in Belize has issued a statement on the deadly events at the Capitol on Wednesday. Chargé d’Affaires Keith Gilges, in speaking about American democracy, said, quote, it [...]