The argument is farmer protection. The unanswered question is why Belizeans must pay this price for it.
WHEN THE MARKETING BOARD BECOMES THE MARKET — PART II
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE BELIZE | INVESTIGATIVE FEATURE
Belize City: Wednesday 30th September 2026: There is no serious argument against Belize protecting its farmers.
How did an institution built around developing and marketing Belizean agricultural production evolve into a state-controlled importer and distributor of foreign agricultural produce?
It began by helping Belizean farmers market what Belize produced. Today it imports foreign produce into a market where Government controls who can import. How did we get here — and what is the Belizean family paying for it?
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
Belize's Prime Minister condemned the Guatemalan military-aircraft incursion before the United Nations. The issue is not that he remained silent. The question is whether, with Belize's sovereignty suddenly a live international issue, the country fully used the most powerful diplomatic platform it was likely to receive.
SUNDAY SPECIAL FEATURE
Belize City: Sunday 27th September 2026:
FAG706 Exposed a Question Bigger Than One Guatemalan Military Aircraft
Belize does not need to outgun Guatemala. But sovereignty cannot begin and end with a protest note.
SPECIAL ANALYSIS
Belize City: Saturday 26th September 2026: A Guatemalan military aircraft entered Belizean airspace.
According to Belize's own Ministry of National Defence, it was not there for a few accidental seconds.
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.
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.
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.
