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A NEW STEWARDSHIP, A NEW OPPORTUNITY The Ministry of Enterprise, Belize's Free Zones, and the Next Test of Institutional Integrity

SPECIAL GOVERNANCE FEATURE

The measure of good governance is not whether controversy exists, but whether institutions respond with transparency, accountability, and the courage to strengthen public confidence.

INTRODUCTION

Belize has entered another important chapter in the administration of one of its most strategically significant economic portfolios.

BEYOND THE NARRATIVE When Explaining the Financing Is Not the Same as Explaining the Strategy

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.

When Government Begins Regulating the Digital Public Square A Constitutional Examination of Freedom of Expression in Belize's Digital Age

LICENSE TO SPEAK?

SPECIAL CONSTITUTIONAL SERIES

DEMOCRACY, DIGITAL RIGHTS & THE BELIZE CONSTITUTION

PART I

NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE BELIZE

"Freedom is rarely surrendered all at once. More often, it is narrowed one regulation, one licence, one exception, and one justification at a time."

EDITORIAL

WASHINGTON’S NEW WAR AGAINST THE “FAR LEFT”: Counterterrorism, Political Ideology and the Return of an Old Doctrine to the Americas

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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.

When Justice Waits, Justice Weakens The Judicial Appointment Debate Must Be About More Than Who Gets the Robe

Belize City: Saturday 18th July 2026: The Association of Defence Attorneys (ADA) has ignited a national debate by criticizing the apparent appointment of two additional foreign judges and calling for the removal of the Chief Justice as Chairperson of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission (JLSC). The Attorney General has since clarified that the appointment process is still ongoing and that no final decision has yet been made. 

For many Belizeans, however, this debate is not really about nationality.