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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/04/belize-likely-to-become-republic-says-pm-johnny-briceno-as-he-criticises-rishi-sunak>
"The prime minister of Belize, Johnny Briceño, has sharply criticised Rishi
Sunak’s refusal to apologise for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave
trade, and said it was “quite likely” Belize would be the next member of the
Commonwealth realm to become a republic.
Speaking in the country’s capital, Belmopan, Briceño argued that the British
government had a moral responsibility to apologise for the atrocities of
slavery, and added to calls throughout the English-speaking Caribbean for
financial reparations from the UK.
“I think he [Sunak] has a moral responsibility to be able to offer at the very
least an apology,” Briceño said. “He should have a better appreciation of it
because of his ancestry.
“When you read and hear about the plundering that took place in the land of his
ancestors, I do believe that he should have offered an apology.”
His comments came as a senior member of the Jamaican government said it would
begin a process after the coronation to bring in an elected head of state."
Also:
‘Colonialism lingers’: Belize shrugs off coronation amid calls for
reparations
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"When Dr Harold Young, an eminent Belizean political scientist, takes visitors
on a journey around Belize City, the first stop is an unremarkable building,
whose basement entrance is partly shrouded by creeping pink bougainvillea.
Its padlocked gates and broken windows back on to a parking lot in the city’s
historic centre. Most passersby ignore the innocuous plaque outside. Belize, a
country of 400,000 citizens, is geographically located in Central America but a
part of the English-speaking Caribbean. A former British settlement and then
colony, it is one of the region’s eight remaining Commonwealth realms –
independent countries where the monarch remains the head of state. Belize is
the only Commonwealth realm King Charles has never visited."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
