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25 DECEMBER 2016 | ISSUE NO: 5025
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BARROW’S BLACK CHRISTMAS…
Belize City, Wednesday December 21, 2016 As the dust begins to settle on 2016, there is still nothing but darkness on Belize’s horizon. Little more than a year has passed since Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced that the best was yet to come; a shell of a promise. Not only has that not been true, but Belize is on the brink of total economic meltdown. And while the political elite dine fine and squander away Belize’s limited wealth, the Belizean public will face tougher times in the coming year. Barrow, in an interview last week, skirted and danced around questions about whether or not Belizeans will face higher taxes. He cannot bring himself to say it publicly but there is no doubt about who will pay the price for his administration’s mismanagement, failures and corruption. Barrow’s government finds itself renegotiating the 2038 Superbond once more after making an agreement more favorable to bondholders in 2012
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