All posts tagged "regional news"

  • Costa Rica not happy with Belize’s decision on Cuban migrants

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Tuesday, December 9, 2015. Reaction to the Belize government’s decision not to commit to helping Cuban migrants trying to reach the United States of America “outside of a regional arrangement” has been swift. In...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • Belize makes no commitments on stranded Cuban migrants

    Belmopan, CAYO. Tuesday, December 8, 2015. The government of Prime Minister Dean Barrow will “participate in a regional discussion to identify the necessary mechanisms to address the Cuban migrants transiting through the region.” That is the decision...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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  • Prime Minister Barrow meets President-elect of Guatemala

    Belize City, BELIZE. Saturday,November 28, 2015. Prime Minister Dean Barrow today met with the President-elect of Guatemala Jimmy Morales at his Belize City office. According to a government press release, the meeting was held in “a cordial...

    • Posted November 28, 2015
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  • President-elect of Guatemala to call on Prime Minister Barrow

    San Ignacio, CAYO.Friday, November 27, 2015. The president-elect of Guatemala Jimmy Morale will pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Dean Barrow on Saturday. President-elect Morales has been on a tour of the region calling on Heads...

    • Posted November 27, 2015
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  • Mudslide kills dozens in Guatemala

    San Ignacio town, CAYO. Saturday, October 3, 2015. Close to five dozen Guatemalans are dead following a massive landslide in a community on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Guatemala. Rescue workers are frantically digging through mounds of...

    • Posted October 3, 2015
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  • Grace weakens to a Tropical Depression

    San Ignacio, Cayo. Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Tropical Storm Grace’s demise in the Tropical Atlantic is supported by a wall of dry air and wind shear. Satellite imagery this afternoon showed limited thunderstorms around the center of...

    • Posted September 8, 2015
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  • Tropical Storm Erika devastates Dominica

    San Ignacio town, Cayo. Friday, August 28, 2015. The Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit has been posting pictures of the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Erika which hit the island nation on Thursday. The Caribbean News...

    • Posted August 28, 2015
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  • Guatemalan president under pressure to resign

    San Ignacio town, Cayo. Monday, August 24, 2015. The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro has called for respect for the laws and Constitution in Guatemala. This follows political upheaval this past...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • Belize joins Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

    San Ignacio town, Cayo. Friday, August 21, 2015. Belize has become only the second country in the Caribbean – Jamaica was first in 2013 – to join the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. According to...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • El Salvador offers scholarships to Belizean doctors

    Belmopan, Belize. Friday, August 21, 2015. Belizean doctors are being offered scholarships to pursue professional development training in various medical speciality areas. The offer comes from the government of El Salvador. Minister of Health Pablo Marin recently...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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