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MIA MOTTLEY’S MESSAGE WAS BIGGER THAN BARBADOS — IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF GLOBAL POWER

GLOBAL ANALYSIS

Belize City: Friday 25th September 2026: There are speeches delivered at the United Nations that disappear almost as soon as the applause ends.

And then there are interventions that capture something much larger than the country whose flag stands behind the speaker.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.