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Melchor-ians Will Protest Against Guatemala City
Fri, May 20, 2016
And while the PUP goes to the Sarstoon in protest of the Belize government's law - and also against Guatemala's military presence - at the same time, Guatemalans will be doing their own protest out west. But they won't be protesting against Belize. Nope, they're protesting against their own government! It seems that since the Guatemalan government seriously stepped up its aggression one month ago - the flow of Belizeans over to Melchor has slowed to a trickle. Guatemalan Immigration authorities report a decrease of 80% in Belizean visitors - and that has put a serious hurting on businesses in that border town. And so, reports to security forces in Belize say that tomorrow, Melchor business owners will be protesting against their capital, Guatemala City for sponsoring the aggression against Belize which has ha da serious business backlash.

According to our reports, two paydays have passed without a single excursion going to Melchor - which is highly unusual. Our sources say that presently the only people going across to Melchor regularly are residents of Benque and Cayo - who always shuttle between the border towns for business and family reasons. Business owners in Melchor have noted that creole Belizeans have almost completely stopped visiting their town.

And while that traffic has virtually stopped, we should note that close to 700 students from Melchor continue to cross daily into Belize to get their education. They move freely, and are not even being forced to get a student permit, which would be 50 dollars per head annually in additional revenue for the government of Belize.

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