"The chains may have changed, but has Belize truly become free?"
Belize City: Saturday 1st August 2026: Every year Belize observes Emancipation Day with ceremonies, speeches, drumming, cultural celebrations, and a public holiday.
It is right that we do.
The abolition of slavery represents one of humanity's greatest triumphs over oppression.
Belize City: Friday 31st July 2026:The reported detention of Belize's Permanent Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Kennedy Carrillo, by Canadian authorities has understandably attracted public attention. According to media reports, the detention followed a domestic dispute, and Belize's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is said to be communicating with Canadian authorities while seeking to establish the facts before determining whether any further action is warranted.
The U.S.–Israeli Offensive Against Iran and the “Mission-Creep Phenomenon” Now Strangling the Global Economy
Belize City: Thursday 30th July 2026: What was presented to the world as a limited military operation to neutralize an alleged Iranian nuclear threat has evolved into something far larger, far less defined and considerably more dangerous.
Belize City: Tuesday 28th July 2026: Where Does Belize Stand in the Emerging Regional Security Architecture?
For decades, Central America occupied a secondary place in global geopolitics. Today, it is once again becoming a strategic crossroads.
CONSTITUTIONAL SERIES
CHAPTER I
"Before deciding who should vote, Belize must first decide who constitutes the political community in whose name sovereignty is exercised."
INTRODUCTION
Every election season, the question returns.
SPECIAL FEATURE
Belize City: Saturday 25th July 2026: The Government says the proposed investment in BEL is not a bailout.
BEL says it is not making excessive profits on the cost of power.
The Ministry explains that the proposed ($73M) seventy-three-million-dollar purchase is an equity investment in preference shares that should eventually produce returns.
Technically, that explanation may be correct.
"The Constitution Protects People—Not Technologies."
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NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE BELIZE
SPECIAL CONSTITUTIONAL SERIES
DEMOCRACY, DIGITAL RIGHTS & THE BELIZE CONSTITUTION
PART II - EDITORIAL
Belize City: Thursday 23rd July: The Debate Belize Should Really Be Having
SPECIAL FEATURE
Why the National Conversation on Money in Politics Must Go Beyond Another Study
Belize City: Thursday 23rd July 2026: There are moments in a nation's democratic journey when research has the potential to become more than an academic exercise. It can become the catalyst for meaningful national reform.
Special Feature
Belize City: Wednesday 22nd July 2026: Emy Gilharry Ramirez describes herself as an ordinary citizen making a contribution to a national discussion.
What she has placed before the public, however, is far from ordinary.
Special Feature - Must Read:
Belize City: Tuesday 20th July 2026: The United States has opened a new international front in what it describes as the fight against terrorism.
This time, however, the principal target presented to dozens of foreign governments was not al-Qaeda, the Islamic State or another established international terrorist organization. It was what the Trump Administration calls the resurgence of transnational far-left political terrorism.
