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BELIZE AT THE CROSSROADS: WHILE THE REGION REDRAWS ITS TOURISM MAP, ARE WE BUILDING A NETWORK — OR LOSING CONNECTIONS?

NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE BELIZE — SPECIAL FEATURE

Belize City: Friday 2nd October 2026: Something much larger than the closure of an airline station may be unfolding around Belize.

  • Look north toward Mexico.
  • Look west toward Guatemala.
  • Look east across the Caribbean toward Jamaica.

Then look south toward Punta Gorda.

THE WORLD WAS LISTENING: BELIZE'S MISSED OPPORTUNITY AT UNGA 81

Belize's Prime Minister condemned the Guatemalan military-aircraft incursion before the United Nations. The issue is not that he remained silent. The question is whether, with Belize's sovereignty suddenly a live international issue, the country fully used the most powerful diplomatic platform it was likely to receive.

SUNDAY SPECIAL FEATURE

Belize City: Sunday 27th September 2026: 

WHO DEFENDS BELIZE? FAG706 Exposed a Question Bigger Than One Guatemalan Military Aircraft

FAG706 Exposed a Question Bigger Than One Guatemalan Military Aircraft

Belize does not need to outgun Guatemala. But sovereignty cannot begin and end with a protest note.

SPECIAL ANALYSIS

Belize City: Saturday 26th September 2026: A Guatemalan military aircraft entered Belizean airspace.

According to Belize's own Ministry of National Defence, it was not there for a few accidental seconds.

WHEN A SMALL ISLAND SPOKE TO A BIG WORLD MIA MOTTLEY’S MESSAGE WAS BIGGER THAN BARBADOS — IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF GLOBAL POWER

MIA MOTTLEY’S MESSAGE WAS BIGGER THAN BARBADOS — IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF GLOBAL POWER

GLOBAL ANALYSIS

Belize City: Friday 25th September 2026: There are speeches delivered at the United Nations that disappear almost as soon as the applause ends.

And then there are interventions that capture something much larger than the country whose flag stands behind the speaker.

WHEN THE WARNING COMES FROM INSIDE: CORDEL HYDE SAYS “SOMETHING’S OFF” — BUT THE BIGGER WARNING MAY BE WHAT IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE BELMOPAN

CORDEL HYDE SAYS “SOMETHING’S OFF” — BUT THE BIGGER WARNING MAY BE WHAT IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE BELMOPAN

SPECIAL ANALYSIS

Belize City: Thursday 24th September 2026: There comes a point in the life of a government when criticism from outside matters less than the warnings beginning to emerge from within.

Belize may have reached one of those moments.

AMERICA WANTS TO CONTAIN CHINA — BUT THE BATTLE FOR MEXICO IS EXPOSING THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF THE NEW INDUSTRIAL WAR

YOU CANNOT TARIFF A FACTORY INTO EXISTENCE

GLOBAL ECONOMIC & GEOPOLITICAL FEATURE

Belize City: Monday 14th September 2026: Something important is happening beneath the tariff war between the United States and China.

It is no longer simply about who sells more products to whom.

THE WORLD WILL NOT WAIT FOR US: BRICS, MULTIPOLARITY AND THE CARIBBEAN'S NEXT GREAT TEST

As Guterres tells BRICS that the world of 2026 can no longer be governed by the power arrangements of 1945, small states face an uncomfortable choice: understand the emerging multipolar order — or discover it after others have already written its rules.

SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FEATURE

Belize City: Sunday 13th September 2026:

THE ROAD FROM COLONY TO COUNTRY: THE UNTOLD MAKING OF SOVEREIGN BELIZE THE BATTLE BELIZE INHERITED

1798 was an event. 1898 helped construct its national memory. But neither created the sovereign country called Belize.

CHAPTER ONE

SPECIAL HISTORICAL SERIES

Belize City: Sunday 13th September 2026: There comes a point in the life of every mature nation when patriotism must become strong enough to withstand history.

BELIZE AT 45: THE CLAIM THAT INDEPENDENCE DID NOT END

SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 — AS BELIZE CELEBRATES 45 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, ANOTHER CLOCK IS TICKING AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SPECIAL REPORT

Belize City : Saturday 12th September 2026: 

On September 21, 1981, the Union Jack came down and the Belizean flag rose over a new independent nation.

Forty-five years later, on September 21, 2026, Belize will again raise that flag.