And, as we told you last week, Prime Minister Barrow was in New York when Donald Trump was elected in the 2016 Presidential Elections.
We asked the PM for his thoughts on the election outcome, and he spoke very cautiously:
Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize
"Cleary their democracy worked. The elections obviously were not rigged and the fact that Mr. Trump was able to confound all the pundits and posters is something of which he is no doubt extraordinarily and justifiably proud. We as a fellow democracy certainly congratulate the people of the United States on what was a peaceful election and we congratulate Mr. Trump as the president-elect."
Daniel Ortiz, 7News
"What are your impressions of the man? He is currently in his country facing a show of no confidence from thousands of Americans?"
Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize
"Well I don't know the man, so I can't really comment. The fact that there are these protests being mounted, that too is a function of democracy. But the man won and he may not have the popular vote, but in terms of the Electoral College, he won handsomely. So that ends the brakes."
6 days after the election, President-elect Trump continues to face spirited protests in a number of major US cities.
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