| Oas To Train Law Enforcement Officials, Judges, And Prosecutors In Belize To Identify And Combat Trafficking In Persons Trafficking in persons (TiP) is a modern-day form of slavery and a violation of basic human rights involving not only coercive sexual exploitation, but also forced labor, involuntary servitude, and... | |
| Mexican Police Ask Spirits To Guard Them In Drug War TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Police running scared from drug gangs in one of Mexico's deadliest cities are using bizarre rituals involving animal sacrifice and spirit tattoos to seek protection from... |
| Freshwater's Fw Activator Sales Breakthrough In Costa Rica CHICAGO - (Business Wire) Freshwater Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:FWTC) is pleased to announce a major sales breakthrough in Costa Rica with installations proceeding in two major business locations. As a... |
| Mexico: Kidnapping - A Growing Risk For Central American Migrants MEXICO CITY, Mar 19, 2010 (IPS) - The increase in kidnappings of Central American migrants crossing Mexico on their way to the United States will be brought up at the Inter-American Commission on... |
| Guatemala Court Approves Extradition Of Ex-president To Us US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] on information provided by former members of Portillo's government. He is accused of taking $15.8 million from funds... |
| Scores Of U.s. Agents Investigate Mexican Consulate Killings W ASHINGTON — More than 200 U.S. agents began questioning alleged members of a notorious El Paso, Texas, gang Thursday in an effort to gather clues in the shooting deaths of three people... |
| Obama To Host Mexican President For State Dinner (RTTNews) - United States President Barack Obama will host the second state dinner of his presidency for his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon in recognition of their "deep ties and strong... |
| Ousted President Zelaya Returns To Honduras Ousted Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, has been appointed to head the newly established political council of the Caribbean oil alliance,... |
| Ousted Honduran President Allowed To Return Home Manuel Zelaya, the former president of Honduras, will be allowed to freely return to his homeland, current President Porfirio Lobo said on Friday. Zelaya was ousted as president in a coup on June... |
| Barrow’s Budget – Pay Today, Poorer Tomorrow! budget which was so inaccurately entitled – “Recovery today, prosperity tomorrow.” It should have been more accurately entitled “Pay today, poorer tomorrow”. The verbosity and wonton... |
| Moyalists Vs. The Z-7 election of Phillip Willoughby to be the deputy mayor, with the then deputy mayor Dion Leslie and councilors Roger Espejo and Eric Chang out of the country. (The trio had gone to Taiwan to attend... |
| Cop Kills Cop On La Isla Bonita The shooting of a Police Officer by a brother officer on Wednesday night has left La Isla Bonita and the Police Department reeling from the shock. The officer killed has been identified as Corporal... |
| The Prime Minister Insults Villagers! March 16, 2010 The Editor The Belize Times Queen Street Belize City Dear Editor, I write to express my great disappointment with the indecorous behaviour of the Prime Minister and his... |
| Mexican President Vows To Keep Oil Industry In State Hands Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Thursday vowed to keep the country's oil industry a state monopoly while expressing satisfaction over the industry's "dramatically improving... |
| Udp Politics As Usual… In his budget, the Prime Minister of Belize is attempting a herculean sleight of hand. In one hand he is offering some trifles like income tax exemption for those making less than $500 (he promised... |
| Hypocrite Of The Week This week, the honour of primo hypocrite bar none must go to no other than the leader of the nation, the man who has made lying and double-speak into art forms. Barrow’s saccharine tongue and... |
| Cops Still Clueless On Ssb Jacking that the figure stolen has been estimated at more than $440,000, and the calculations are still not complete. The department is still reeling after the daring broad daylight robbery on Monday, timed... |
| Welcome To Belize Dame Billie Miller When you are a woman with a passion for your country and an interest in political life, the first persons you normally turn to for support, guidance and advice are other women in your country, the... |
| Opposition Condemns The Prime Minister’s Behavior In The House Of Representatives The People’s United Party strongly condemns the inexcusable deplorable and unparliamentary conduct of the Prime Minister that occurred at yesterday’s sitting of the House of Representatives. . ... |
| Would The Real Jackass Please Stand Up! On Monday at the presentation of the budget for fiscal year 2010/11, the Prime Minister of Belize Dean Oliver Barrow made a spectacle of himself when he referred to a member of the Opposition bench... |
| Mexican Violence Scaring Off American Tourists Up until a couple of years ago, the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Ensenada would be filled with American tourists during spring break. But persistant drug violence in Mexico has emptied the... |
| Opposition Leader Writes Speaker Of The House Hon. Emil Arguelles Speaker House of Representatives Independence Hill BELMOPAN 18 March 2010 Dear Hon. Speaker, At the last sitting of the House of Representatives on Monday... |
| Tropical Gaming Co. Ltd. Corrects Udp Guardian March 17, 2010 The Editor The El Guardian Newspaper Belize City Belize Sir, We have read the article entitled ‘Lotto in Limbo” in last Thursday’s edition of your newspaper and must make... |
| Say Hola To New Mexican Joint By The Owners Of Lokal Greenpointers looking for Mexican munchies will soon only have to head towards McCarren Park to have their craving sated — thanks to the brain trust behind Lokal.The owners of the popular... |
| Guatemalan Rights Groups Criticize Order To Free Retired Colonel Convicted In Bishop's Killing GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan human rights groups expressed outrage Thursday over a judge's decision to release a former army colonel convicted of killing a prominent Roman Catholic bishop... |
| Mexican Government Plans Third Tax Change To Accelerate Growth Mexico's new finance minister plans to present Congress with a third tax reform in as many years as the country struggles to overcome historically low government income.In his first interview since... |
