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.

THE GOVERNMENT LEVER

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

Belize City: Wednesday 23rd September 2026:  A gallon of fuel does not arrive at the pump with its final price already written by the international petroleum market.

• There is the landed cost.
• There are commercial margins.
• And there is government taxation.

Belize's own Ministry of Finance fuel-price worksheets establish that distinction.

21 SEPTEMBER 1981 — 21 SEPTEMBER 2026

INDEPENDENCE SPECIAL

Belize City: Sunday 20th September 2026: Forty-five years ago, Belize became politically independent. That achievement should never be diminished.

Jeremy Enriquez Takes the EBC to Court — and Opens a Much Bigger Question About Who Guards Belize’s Electoral Democracy

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION | CHAPTER I