While President Bush was giving a speech a few days ago touting the benefits of the CAFTA economic integration plan, one big (tiny) thing just nagged at me while I stared at the Central American map displayed on the TV screen... and I then read this article: Are the U.S., U.K, and Guatemala Plotting the Demise of Belize?
[...] what about Central American Integration? Aren’t we a part of this movement? Didn’t the Central American Countries express full support for the administration of Prime Minister Said Musa during the recent civil unrest? Aren’t we negotiating something called the Partial Scope Trade Agreement with Guatemala? So why is it that Belize is not part of the Central America Free Trade Association (CAFTA) that is being negotiated with the U.S.? Does the U.S. not recognize us? Hasn’t the U.S. committed to invest over $100 million for a new embassy and living quarters in Belize? Is it that the U.S. does not expect us to remain an independent country for much longer?Evidently not. Posted by Kyer at June 9, 2005 10:15 PM