BRICEÑO TAXING THE ENGINE OF THE ECONOMY. Why Belize Must Reduce Fuel and Fertilizer Taxes Before the Economy Stalls Completely
Belize City: Monday, 25 May 2026:
Belize’s Economy Is Being Squeezed by an Outdated Tax System
Belize is slowly suffocating under a taxation structure that was never designed to create a modern productive economy.
It was designed to maintain revenue collection for a small state operating under the old mentality of colonial dependency — an economy dependent on imports, consumption taxes, duties, licenses, permits, fees, and indirect extraction from an already financially exhausted population.
