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Central America Braces For Trump
posted (January 12, 2017)
In just 8 days, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the President of the United States. Trump had a controversial campaign, and has made promises, and issued tweets that have left world leaders very concerned. Minister Elrington told us how the Barrow Administration plans to deal with the new President, and whether Belize will be joining forces with other countries to stand up to him...

Reporter
"I read in regional news that Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador have agreed to join forces and seek support from Mexico in dealing with what they called this Donald Trump "threat". Have you heard that or is Belize willing to participate to join?"

Hon. Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs
"I think all countries in the region are worried because of the pronouncement that the president-elect has been making and our strength is in numbers. The strength of small countries like ours is in numbers and in unity. None of us are able to deal with the United States on our own, not even Mexico. Mexico is the 11th largest economy, but even they are reeling from what is now happening in the United States. They are very worried and concern. So it would not surprise me that in fact those initiatives are being taken. We of course are looking at our own options and we maintain our relationship with all these countries and to the extent that we need to collaborate to ensure the well-being of our societies."

President Barack Obama signed the US-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016. on December 16th., and two days ago, the CARICOM Council of Ministers met in Guyana and issued a statement saying it is appreciative of the Caribbean's good working relationship with past US administrations and was looking forward to working with the Donald Trump administration.

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