Adjacency Zone News Today

A hundred and seventy people from within the Cayo district have completed economic empowerment training through a collaboration

On August 15, 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration and the Taiwan Embassy celebrated the culmination of the Women Economic Empowerment in the Adjacency Zone of Belize Project.

In conjunction with the Organization of American States (OAS), the European Union has agreed to provide 1.5 million Euros (BZ$3.26 million) for the next 18 months to support Confidence Building Measures in the Adjacency Zone between Belize and Guatemala ahead of the International Court of Justice ruling on the case.

The Belize Defence Force has unearthed an apparent military base in the Adjacency Zone being built by the

Police say they are looking into a report that a Belize Defense Force (BDF) member was shot and hospitalised after an incident at the Valentin Conservation Post on the Belize-Guatemala border. According to Police Commissioner Chester Williams, the incident occurred last Saturday and the soldier was shot in the buttocks. He stated that the investigation is being carried out by BDF and police investigators.

Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, says despite the border dispute between Belize and Guatemala

Belize and Guatemala signed on Monday the Protocol to the Special Agreement which will allow the governments of both nations to separately hold public consultations with a view to submitting their territorial dispute to the International Court of Justice.

Police have officially charged a woman for the stabbing death of Justo Ubeny Agustin Martinez, 36, which occurred over the weekend.

The claim by Guatemala to Belize’s territory, islands, and seas is before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). However; for the time being, both Belize and Guatemala are now discussing areas of cooperation and other concerns. Hon. Sen. Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration of Belize, and H.E. Pedro Brolo Vila, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guatemala, met on Thursday at the Office of the Organization of American States (OAS) in the Ad...

Mar 4, 2021 Belize and Guatemala’s Foreign Ministers Meet at Adjacency Zone Foreign ministers Eamon Courtenay and Pedro Brolo Vila met for the first time this morning at the Office of the Organization of American States at the Adjacency Zone.  The meeting was cordial and productive and both government ministers made their way over to the border marker in a symbolic show of unity which is also a recognition of the existence of Belize’s boundary.  News Five’s Isani Cayetano has t...