All posts tagged "Belize-Guatemala"

  • Belize protests Guatemalan aggression on the Sarstoon River

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Thursday, July 25, 2019. Guatemala’s aggression on the Sarstoon River in the Toledo District has been out of the headlines for months now. But on Tuesday (July 23) an incident involving a civilian boat...

    • Posted July 25, 2019
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  • Village Council leaders say “YES” to the ICJ

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Thursday, May 2, 2019. The National Association of Village Councils today issued a statement on the impending national referendum on taking Guatemala’s unfounded claim to Belize to the International Court of Justice, ICJ for...

    • Posted May 2, 2019
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  • Former Foreign Ministers urge “YES” vote in I.C.J referendum

    Belize City, BELIZE. Wednesday, January 9, 2019. Five former Foreign Ministers of Belize today signed a declaration urging the people of Belize to vote “YES” in the upcoming April 10, 2019 ICJ referendum. April’s referendum will give...

    • Posted January 9, 2019
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  • Opposition Leader says PUP’s NO vote in ICJ referendum highly likely

    Belize City, BELIZE. Tuesday, January 8, 2019.  Leader of the People’s United Party, John Briceno says the PUP “will say NO to the ICJ” in the pending referendum on April 10. That is when Belizeans will get...

    • Posted January 8, 2019
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  • Belize’s Xate stocks rebound

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Sunday, July 8, 2018. Belize’s Xate stocks have shown a dramatic recovery over the last 6 years. That’s according to data just released by the non-governmental organization Friends for Conservation and Development, FCD. In a...

    • Posted July 8, 2018
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  • Guatemalan farmers caught inside the Chiquibul

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Thursday, June 28, 2018. Guatemalan farmers continue to violate Belize’s western border to carry out illegal farming in the Chiquibul National Park. Friends for Conservation and Development, FCD, today reported that on Wednesday a...

    • Posted June 28, 2018
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  • Maya leaders discuss border incursions with Minister John Saldivar

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Wednesday, June 20, 2018. The Minister of National Security John Saldivar has met with Maya leaders in the Toledo district. A post on the Ministry’s social media page reported that the meeting took place...

    • Posted June 20, 2018
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  • Guatemalans farming illegally in the Chiquibul

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Thursday, May 10, 2018. Guatemalan farmers continue their encroachment into Belize’s territory in the Chiquibul National Park. Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD) rangers report that they have uncovered what has been described as “a...

    • Posted May 10, 2018
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  • Belize referendum date for taking unfounded claim to ICJ announced

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Belizeans will go to the polls on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 to decide whether or not Guatemala’s unfounded claim to over half of our country should be referred to the...

    • Posted May 1, 2018
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  • Guatemala accredits new ambassador to Belize

    Belmopan, CAYO. Monday, February 12, 2018. Guatemala has accredited a new ambassador to Belize. Georges de la Roche Du Ronzet Plihal presented his credentials to Governor General Sir Colville Young today at Belize House in Belmopan. Speaking at...

    • Posted February 12, 2018
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