Today the Cabinet had its regular meeting, and approved the appointments of Belizeans to diplomatic posts abroad. Two notable appointments are Mark Espat who, as Leader of the Superbond Re-negotiating Team, was appointed Ambassador for Economic Affairs, and Cordel Hyde who - the release says - was appointed as Consul General in New York.
But Cordel Hyde has contacted personnel at this newsroom to say that no such arrangement has been made, and he has accepted no such offer.
He said he wasn't called, spoken to or advised of this posting by anyone - and so, effectively, he is not Consul General in New York. Hyde is still in New York dealing with his teenaged son who has a very serious form of cancer.
So, moving on from that, the other appointments are Alfredo Martinez who is re-appointed as Belize's Ambassador to Guatemala, Lois Young who is appointed as Belize's Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, while Janine Coye Felson who will continue as Ambassador/Deputy Permanent representative to the United Nations, Nestor Mendez who is re-appointed as Belize's Ambassador to Washington and Canada and Perla Perdomo as Belize's High Commission to London, United Kingdom.
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