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US Funds Can't Be Used For Huning Caye FOB
posted (December 24, 2014)

And while the US money will go to making some less imperious decals, the money can't be used to complete the Caost Guard's forward operating base on Hunting Caye. As we told you, the American dropped that multi million dollar project when the Government of Belize objected to the Guatemalan contractor. At that point the Americans basically said, "fine, but you'll have to build it yourself." It's still two million Belize dollars away from completion but this 8.2 million Belize dollars in CARSAI funding can't be used to fill that shortfall.

Rt. Col George Lovell - CEO, Ministry of National Security

"Go have that discussion with our friends in the US embassy."

Bruce Matthews - U.S. Chargé d'affaires

"We use the words, non commingling of funds. Each fund is air marked for a reason or each programme and there's very strict rules about avoiding commingling of funds. We have to make sure they go to CARSI programme to opposed military assisting programmes."

Rt. Col George Lovell

"Government have already committed and we have given our word to the Americans that we will complete the hunting caye forward operating base using our own funds."

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