Category: Belize-Guatemala
British Minister welcomes Belize-Guatemala agreement on joint referendum
The positive step of Belize and Guatemala agreeing to hold simultaneous referenda towards settling our territorial dispute has been warmly received by the Foreign Office Minister for Latin America, Jeremy Browne. In a release issued by the Belize Press Office, it cites Mr. Browne saying and we quote … “The UK supports the ICJ route [...]
Border incidents being investigated
The Guatemalan newspaper “Prensa Libre” is having a field day with an incident on the Belize-Guatemala border, in which a civilian lost his life. We’ll bypass the Prensa Libre propaganda, and tell you that the Belize Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement issued this afternoon said that government received reports of the incidents in [...]
Toledo farmer says Guatemalan Xateros stole his horses
Incursions into Belizean territory by Guatemalan Zateros have been in the news frequently this year. The come across the border to rape our natural environment of its beauty; stealing Scarlet Macaws, poach eggs and yes thief horses. Felipe Teck, a farmer of San Jose in the Toledo District, called the RSV Media Center today to [...]
Belize and Guatemala hold high-level meeting in Washington
The Belize Guatemala diferendum has been out of the headlines for a while now. Aside from occasional border incidents, and regular incursions by Guatemalans in the Chiquibul, the issue had quietly faded into the background. But today it was announced in Washington, D.C. that a joint referendum on whether or not to take the matter [...]
Government comments on border incident
There have been reports in the media in Belize and Guatemala about an incident that occurred last week in which Guatemalan national Luis Alberto Garci¬a Pineda was injured by Belizean authorities. As expected the reports have been vastly different with Guatemalan authorities insisting that the incident happened in Guatemalan territory while Belizean authorities say the [...]
Scarlet Macaws under threat in the Chiquibul
Over the last few weeks, there have been several reports on illegal Guatemalan incursions into the Chiquibul Forest Reserve in Western Belize. Guatemalan invaders have been preying upon our natural resources, including our rich flora and fauna. High on the targeted list, perhaps right after the much coveted Xate is the majestic Scarlet Macaws. Late [...]
BDF official confirms Chiquibul incident
On Thursday’s newscast we told you about a Belize Defence Force patrol team that came under attack in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve in western Belize. This afternoon the BDF’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel David Jones gave Love News the details of what happened. The incident occurred a little over two hundred meters from the [...]
BDF patrol encounters illegal Guatemalan farmers
There are late breaking reports of another incident on the western border involving apparent Guatemalan farmers crossing illegally into Belizean territory. During the latest incursion we understand, that a Belize Defence Force team that was on patrol duties in the Chiquibul area came under attack this afternoon. Details are sketchy, and the reports are yet [...]
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