CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRoque has congratulated newly elected Prime Minister of Belize Mr John Briceño and his People’s United Party (PUP) on their comprehensive victory in the country’s 11 November 2020 General Elections. Mr. Briceño led his PUP to twenty-six of the thirty-one seats at stake in the elections. “The margin of victory indicates that the […]
Preliminary StatementThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belize, by way of Diplomatic Note dated 13 October 2020, invited the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to field a CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to observe the conduct of the Belize General Elections to be held on 11 November 2020. As a result, a six-member CEOM comprised of electoral officials […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Monday, 21 Sept. 2020) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated Belize on the country’s 39th Anniversary of Independence, while assuring Belizeans of the Community’s continued commitment to working together. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a congratulatory message to Prime Minister Mr. Dean Barrow said CARICOM has […]
A Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) deployed to observe a referendum in Belize has described the vote as “credible, transparent and inclusive”. An interim statement has been released by the COG’s chair, former Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert A Ingraham, which lays out the group’s initial observations. It says Belizeans who took part in the process had the […]
