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AMERICA WANTS TO CONTAIN CHINA — BUT THE BATTLE FOR MEXICO IS EXPOSING THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF THE NEW INDUSTRIAL WAR

YOU CANNOT TARIFF A FACTORY INTO EXISTENCE

GLOBAL ECONOMIC & GEOPOLITICAL FEATURE

Belize City: Monday 14th September 2026: Something important is happening beneath the tariff war between the United States and China.

It is no longer simply about who sells more products to whom.

THE WORLD WILL NOT WAIT FOR US: BRICS, MULTIPOLARITY AND THE CARIBBEAN'S NEXT GREAT TEST

As Guterres tells BRICS that the world of 2026 can no longer be governed by the power arrangements of 1945, small states face an uncomfortable choice: understand the emerging multipolar order — or discover it after others have already written its rules.

SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FEATURE

Belize City: Sunday 13th September 2026:

THE ROAD FROM COLONY TO COUNTRY: THE UNTOLD MAKING OF SOVEREIGN BELIZE THE BATTLE BELIZE INHERITED

1798 was an event. 1898 helped construct its national memory. But neither created the sovereign country called Belize.

CHAPTER ONE

SPECIAL HISTORICAL SERIES

Belize City: Sunday 13th September 2026: There comes a point in the life of every mature nation when patriotism must become strong enough to withstand history.

BELIZE AT 45: THE CLAIM THAT INDEPENDENCE DID NOT END

SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 — AS BELIZE CELEBRATES 45 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, ANOTHER CLOCK IS TICKING AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SPECIAL REPORT

Belize City : Saturday 12th September 2026: 

On September 21, 1981, the Union Jack came down and the Belizean flag rose over a new independent nation.

Forty-five years later, on September 21, 2026, Belize will again raise that flag.

THE FIVE TITANS COLLIDE IRAN SPLITS THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL — AND PUTS THE POST-WAR ORDER UNDER STRAIN

IRAN SPLITS THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL — AND PUTS THE POST-WAR ORDER UNDER STRAIN

SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS

Belize City: Friday 11th September 2026: 

NEW YORK — The argument inside the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, September 10, 2026, was ostensibly about Iran. But listen carefully to what the five permanent members were actually arguing about and a much larger confrontation emerges.

TEARING DOWN “THE MCC LEGISLATIVE CRISIS” TO THE LAST NUT AND BOLT, THE $125 MILLION DEADLINE

Belize did not suddenly discover the MCC conditions in September 2026. So how did two years of preparation become ten days of parliamentary urgency?

Belize City: Wednesday 9th September 2026: There is a very dangerous temptation in the public discussion surrounding Belize's US$125 million Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact.

It is to reduce everything to one question:

WHEN POWER BECOMES HUNGER: POLITICS, POLICE AND BELIZE'S GROWING CRISIS OF TRUST

When a Cabinet Minister says some politicians are “hungrier for power than others,” Belize should listen carefully — because the people have been saying something remarkably similar for years.

Belize City: Monday 7th September 2026: There comes a point when public distrust can no longer be dismissed as opposition politics, Facebook noise, talk-show agitation or the natural cynicism people supposedly have toward government.

WHY ANDRÉ BAUER? TRUMP CHOSE HIM FOR BELIZE — NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE

SPECIAL SUNDAY FEATURE | 

Belize City: Sunday 6th September 2026: A POLITICIAN. A BUSINESSMAN. A REAL-ESTATE DEVELOPER. A TRUMP ALLY. NOW AMERICA'S MAN IN BELIZE.

André Bauer has arrived in Belize.

There will be diplomatic handshakes. There will be photographs. There will be the customary declarations about the long friendship between Belize and the United States.

BISHKEK 2026: EURASIA IS BUILDING THE MACHINERY OF A MULTIPOLAR WORLD

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has moved beyond the summit photograph. From security institutions and ports to artificial intelligence, energy, development finance and new partnerships with the Global South, Bishkek revealed an international order quietly being reconstructed — but the new architecture remains unfinished, contested and far from replacing the old one.

INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS

LOOK AT ME: I AM BELIZE @ 45, INDEPENDENT — BUT STILL NOT FREE, Breaking the Chains and Building the Belizean Reset

Breaking the Chains and Building the Belizean Reset

Belize City: Wednesday 2nd. September: 

Forty-five years ago, on September 21, 1981, a new flag rose over Belize.

  1. British Honduras disappeared from the political map.
  2. Belize stood before the world as an independent nation.

Forty-five years later, our National Celebrations Theme calls upon us:

“LOOK AT ME: I AM BELIZE @ 45.”