Jimmy Morales - he hasn't even been sworn in as Guatemalan President yet - but already his name has become well known all across Belize. And that's because of what he said before the Guatemalan presidential election. He called it "deplorable" that Guatemala was, quote, "about to lose Belize" and said Guatemala should quote "fight for that territory or part of that territory." In response, Belize's Prime Minister Dean Barrow fired back at Morales, saying his country would not be bullied by Guatemala.
Hard talk - and many speculated that because of it Morales would skip Belize on his pre-inauguration familiarization tour of Central America. But, he won't. Morales is headed to Belize tonight to pay a courtesy visit to the Prime Minister tomorrow.
Best information says that Morales is coming by road from Mexico. He will pass through the northern border later tonight and will be shuttled with a full police escort to the Radisson in Belize City. That's where he will spend the night and he will meet with Prime Minister Barrow tomorrow at an undisclosed location. An official press release says, quote, "being a courtesy call, it is not expected that the meeting will delve into too much detail of our bilateral relations but the general public will be informed of the content of their discussions," end quote.
This is the end of a busy week for Morales, after meeting with the presidents of HONDURAS, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico. He also used the opportunity to invite the Heads to his inauguration.
And that is expected to hold for tomorrow when - despite what has been said - President elect Morales and Prime Minister Barrow are expected to have amicable talks - since, we are told that Morales has walked back from his feisty pre election comments. 7News will be closely following the activities tonight and tomorrow - and we'll have a full report on Monday, and up to the minute updates on our facebook page.
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