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The Ambassador also touched on the situation in Honduras where the political pressure is close to boiling point as a result of the June twenty-eighth arrest of President Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya was ousted by Roberto Micheletti who has since assumed control of the government and refuses to step down. Demonstrations and curfews have since become a regular part of the country’s landscape. But the situation took a turn for the worse this past weekend. On Sunday, police found the remains of Enzo Micheletti, the nephew of Roberto, near Choloma, about
US President, Barack Obama’s nominee as Ambassador to Belize, Vinai Thummalapally, says he is proud to be nominated as the first Indian American to serve as United States' envoy to Belize. The Colorado-based Indian American businessman, appearing today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his confirmation hearing, said he would work to strengthen US interests in Belize, if confirmed. He noted that recently, Belize played a constructive role at the Organisation of American States, in addressing the political crisis in Honduras. Thummalapally also said that approximately five thousand American
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Tuesday that the Honduran people "have the right to insurrection" against the interim government that forced him out of the country.
The remarks appeared to pave the way for a further escalation of the conflict in Honduras, where Zelaya's supporters have staged massive marches demanding his return and one person has already been killed in clashes between demonstrators and soldiers.
Speaking at a joint news conference with his left-leaning counterpart Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom in Guatemala City, Zelaya said that Hondurans have the
On Tuesday Maya Island Air became Belize’s first regional airline when it inaugurated its direct flights to Cancun and Guatemala City. It is a giant leap for what was a small local airline. But more than that, it presents an opportunity for a comeback from a sagging tourism industry. The seven news team flew to Guatemala last night for a cocktail reception and returned on the inaugural flight Wednseday morning.
Keith Swift Reporting,
The flight from Guatemala City to Belize took 50 minutes. We flew in on one of these three new
As Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders reaffirmed their commitment to free movement, they added another category of CARICOM nationals - household domestics - allowed to travel throughout the region hassle free, but Antigua and Barbuda and Belize have been given a reprieve in expanding the categories.
Regional heads have also agreed to work on a timetable for the implementation of full free movement.
CARICOM's new Chairman and host President Bharrat Jagdeo said these were among the decisions reached during the 30th Heads of Government Conference in Georgetown which ended over the weekend.
Free movement
There are more developments to report in respect of ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya. Demonstrations continue to spread across Honduras and earlier today, supporters of the president marched pass the offices of the Congress while backers of the interim president, Roberto Micheletti took to the streets in what CNN described as a peaceful demonstration. Speaking from Panama and flanked by his Foreign Minister, Patricia Rhodas, Zelaya said that he will be back in Honduras this Sunday despite an international warrant for his arrest issued today by the Honduran police. Zelaya
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Twentieth Meeting of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on External Negotiations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was due to be convened in Georgetown, Guyana, July 1, 2009 to consider critical issues pertaining to the Community’s trade relations with Third States.
Among the matters to be considered is the incorporation of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) into the CARICOM Secretariat as a specialised department. The assimilation of the CRNM into the Secretariat was endorsed at the 20th Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government, Belize, 12-13
CHARLESTOWN, Nevis -- The development of renewable energy on Nevis must continue. Minister responsible for Natural Resources and the Environment of Nevis Carlisle Powell made that position clear when he addressed participants at the start of the landmark First Eastern Caribbean Geothermal Conference at the Mount Nevis Hotel on Tuesday.
“The rising price of oil, all the environmental concerns with CO2 emissions, the instability of major oil producing countries in the world, the need to reduce the cost of electricity and hence the cost of living among our people, means that
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Sustainable finance has been identified by Acting Minister of the Environment, Senator Haynesley Benn, as a key opportunity for growth for Barbados and the wider Caribbean, in light of the economic slowdown being faced by some of the region's major trading partners.
Benn cited reductions in tourism receipts, remittance levels and direct foreign investments among the resultant factors of the economic crisis. He told a recent sustainable finance breakfast that "in the face of adversity, opportunity also exists."
"As a region weathering this economic storm we are responsible
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Finance, Audley Shaw, has assured Parliament that Jamaica will not earn the reputation of a tax haven, when the proposed International Financial Centre (IFC) is established in downtown Kingston.
Addressing the House of Representatives this week, Shaw argued that a tax haven is a jurisdiction that does not have competitive tax base, and refuses to provide information to foreign tax authorities.
"Contrary to the concept of a tax haven, the IFC has been conceptualised to operate in a profoundly different manner, owing to its fundamentally different
