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Why the National Conversation on Money in Politics Must Go Beyond Another Study

Belize City: Thursday 23rd July 2026: There are moments in a nation's democratic journey when research has the potential to become more than an academic exercise. It can become the catalyst for meaningful national reform.

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Belize City: Wednesday 22nd July 2026: Emy Gilharry Ramirez describes herself as an ordinary citizen making a contribution to a national discussion.

What she has placed before the public, however, is far from ordinary.

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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.

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.