Belize removes Queen Elizabeth’s image on banknotes as ‘step in decolonisation’ New dollar bills will honor national heroes including George Cadle Price, considered country’s father of independence The Guardian - US · Jan 24, 2025
$209bn a year is what fossil fuel firms owe in climate reparations. We want that paid After a new study revealing the extent to which developing nations have been damaged, there is no excuse for further delay, says André Wright, a former news and opinion editor at the Jamaica Gleaner The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2023
Countries that could END their time in Commonwealth and cut King Charles ties - full list The British crown now officially rules over 15 "Commonwealth realms" and many of them are rethinking relationships with the Crown and reckoning with colonialism’s bloody past Daily Mirror · May 8, 2023
'Pay what you owe': Global voices tell King to face up to past ahead of coronation “THE British crown … cannot be worn by the moral or the brave. It would break them both. It is a coward’s crown. No single piece of jewellery… The National (Scotland) · May 6, 2023
Belize may become a republic: List of all nations to leave Commonwealth since Queen took the throne Belize is one of the 14 countries that still has the British monarch as its head of state Evening Standard · May 5, 2023
Friday briefing: 7am snapshot of local election results so far In today’s newsletter: So far, what looks like a very bad night for the Tories is only quite a good one for Labour The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023
‘Colonialism lingers’: Belize shrugs off coronation amid calls for reparations Commonwealth country bearing scars of slavery may become first nation to remove Charles as head of state The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2023
Belize likely to become republic, says PM as he criticises Rishi Sunak Exclusive: Johnny Briceño attacks his UK counterpart’s refusal to apologise for atrocities of slavery The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2023
Belize, Guatemala reaffirm Taiwan ties during Tsai visit Belize has reaffirmed its diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the second country to do so in a week as Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen travels across Central America in an effort to shore up a dwindling number of allies The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023