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

THE PUMA GATEWAY — INVESTIGATION I

BELIZE CITY: Sundday 20th September 2026: Belizeans know what they pay for fuel.

What they generally do not know is the journey that gallon took before reaching their vehicle—or precisely who was paid along the way.