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Another Sarstoon Showdown
posted (February 26, 2018)
This weekend - the Guatemala military was back at it - blocking a Belizean vessel from traversing the Belize side of the Sarstoon.

It was another mission by the Territorial Volunteers along with a Spanish news team. The Guatemalans told them that they are not allowed to go up the river and directed the group to to turn around. They crew told the Guatemalans that they are in Belizean waters, but they said nothing it's not Belizean waters, it is a disputed area and they are in control of it.

Today, the leader of the opposition commented on it:..

In related news, the Guatemalan Foreign Minister Ambassador Sandra Jovel will be in Belize tomorrow at the western border as she visits the Office of the Secretary-General of the OAS/Belize-Guatemala Adjacency Zone.

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