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6 Murders in 4 days

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Bloody StreetS!!

Pg. 3 No Escape for Penner!

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“We Will block us capital”

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WHo Will Winthe Holy Saturday

Cross Country race?

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Murder Capital!

UN names Belize – 3rd Most Deadly Country in the World

Maya Leaders say they will “use all necessary action” to

defend customary lands

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Belize City, April 15, 2014On the same week Belize was named

the 3rd most dangerous country in the world by the United Nations this week, criminal vi-olence has escalated with six cold murders in just four days across the country.

Four of those murders occurred in Be-lize City alone.

The latest homicide occurred in the broad daylight on Tuesday afternoon. Well known cyclist, 41 year old Ernest “Dang-along” Thurton, had stopped by his aunt’s house in the Junesville Area when he was attacked by a gunman who fatally shot him in the back.

Thurton, who is employed by Santiago Castillo Limited as a messenger, was de-livering company payments in the form of cheques earlier, and it is believed that may have been the motive for the attack. The Po-lice have not said if anything was taken from Thurton.Alfonso Cruz

2013 Champ Darnell Barrow

Darrington LaurianoErnest “Dangalong” Thurton

Kevin Rodriguez Luke Cox

Saul Garcia

Belize City, April 14, 2014On the eve of what has been the

most murderous weekend for this year, a report issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) placed international scrutiny on Belize

for its domestic problems related to crime and poor citizen security. Pg. 15

Thurton is not known as a troublemaker. He had stopped by his aunt’s home to ensure that it was secure. His aunt is in the United States, and Thurton had been securing the house.

Thurton’s murder is the fourth in what has been a bloody chronology of violence which be-gan on Saturday.

Even UDP Minister Anthony Boots Marti-nez got a dreadful, up close view of the bloody street warfare which his Government has nur-tured with their refusal to genuinely get young, frustrated black males out of poverty and so-cio-economic decline, when he witnessed a murder on Saturday evening. The Minister was playing “danimoes”, as he called it, less than 10 feet from the exact crime spot inside the age-old Mike’s Club, located on Regent Street West.

27 year old Darrington Lauriano, a known street figure who has had major brushes with the law in the past, had no idea that death had

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Capital Energy Ltd. Oil Exploration Permit

Work at Marion Jones Sporting Complex Stalled!

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ArrOGAnce On SterOidS

Government must follow

the rule of Law

April 15, 2014The Belize Coalition to Save our Nat-

ural Heritage strongly condemns any ac-tion by Government which would result in the granting of permission for a con-tinuation of work by US Capital Energy after expiration of their current permit on April 30, 2014. Clearly, any such actions would appear to be an attempt to circum-vent the Court’s decision made on April 3 by Justice Michele Arana. Justice Arana ruled that the issuance of any new permit required free, prior and informed consent from the Indigenous Mayan Communi-ties. The Coalition fully supports the In-digenous Mayan Communities and the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIM) in seeking an in-junction to bar Government from “issu-ing, renewing or extending permission to drill for oil in the Sarstoon Temash Nation-al Park” without first seeking free, prior and informed consent.

Government should be the shining beacon of following the Rule of Law and in protecting the human rights of its cit-izens. To ignore these basic tenets of a democratic society is to invite the abuse of citizens and authority, raping of our natural resources and anarchy. Further-more, the Attorney General’s interpreta-tion of the Court not quashing the exist-ing permit, i.e. that the Court recognized the investments made already into the oil operation and the importance of oil to Belize, fails to provide justification for the actions being undertaken by Govern-ment. Revenue generation for the coun-try is not incongruous with following the Rule of Law and respecting the human rights of citizens.

The Coalition reiterates its call on Government to follow the Rule of Law and respect the processes for protection of the human rights of its indigenous citi-zens. We do not have to look further than our Latin American neighbours to see where the road is heading if Government continues to ignore the Rule of Law and the human rights of the indigenous com-munities to allow the oil company to have its way

Belize City, April 15, 2014There was nothing but

shame and disgrace in the face of Sports Minister Her-man Longsworth as he ad-mitted that construction work at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex has stalled because the Government ran out of funds.

Longsworth accepted fault saying, “government will have to take the blame for this most recent delay”. He then tried to piece together a silly excuse that it was because

of the “budget cycle” and there being a “delay in payment”. This showed just how much Longsworth knows about Government work. The Government smart stream system actually closes prior to April 1st, which is the start of the fiscal year, and opens up right after. There should be no reason for any delays in payments, especially payments having to do with millions that were donated and are sitting in Government’s coffers.

The reason there was shame and disgrace in Longsworth’s face was be-cause unlike the slow-paced construction of the important sections of the sporting complex, he built a fence around Marion

Jones in record time, prior to becoming the Minister of Sports. The funds, in the tune of millions, were made readily avail-able to him without any delays. Through his company, L&V Construction, Long-sworth made a huge profit from the building of the fence. He then used the money to fund his political campaign.

Today, six years later, the fence is the only complete section of what was meant to be an international-type sport-ing facility.

PUP meets with PowerfUl latin american leader

Belize City, April 15, 2014The Minister of Health, the

electrician Pablo Marin and his im-ported CEO, dentist Peter Allen, are hell bent on awarding the po-sition of Director of Drug Inspec-torate to the daughter of their UDP colleague, Erwin Contreras.

Marin and Allen have ignored the position of the Pharmacists As-

sociation that Contreras’ daughter is not qualified nor adequate for the post. She has no experience in the Pharmacy industry, has no qualifications in the field, and from all indica-

Pablo Marin Peter Allen

People’s United Party Leader Hon. Francis Fonseca and other Party officials met with Mr. Bernal Jimenez, the President of Costa Rica’s National Liberation Party and Vice President of Socialist In-ternational at Independence Hall on Friday, April 11th 2014.

Mr. Jimenez is a well-respect-

ties in Costa Rica which just faced-off in a presidential election on Sun-day, April 6th.

PUP Leader Hon. Francis had an open discussion with Mr. Jimenez on political issues affect-ing both countries and the region. In the meeting also were former Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Said Musa, Deputy Party Leader Hon. Florencio Marin, Hon. Ramiro Ramirez and Party Chairman, Mr. Henry Usher.

interviews with the media, Allen ac-cused the Pharmacists Association of being a special interest group with an agenda.

Marin’s excuse for hiring Danini Contreras was that she is the only qualified person in all of Belize. He said she is the only one with a Bach-elor’s degree.

tions, is politically appointed.Despite the cautions, Marin and

Allen say their decision is final. In

ed Latin American lead-er. He leads one of the two major political par-

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“penner Got to Go” rally in san ignacio on sunday

Francis Fonseca

Six Years of Neglect!

PUP nOticeStandard Bearer Convention for

MesopotamiaThe People’s United Party announces that it will hold a Convention for Mesopotamia Standard Bearer on Sunday, June 1, 2014.

toledo District, April 14, 2014Residents of the Toledo Dis-

trict continue to wonder why it is that the Barrow Government has refused to carry out any kind of meaningful development since taking office six long years ago.

Toledo West area represen-tative Hon. Oscar Requena has been one of the loudest critics of the UDP Government’s neglect in the face of so much that needs attention and so many who are in need in his constituency.

Just two weeks ago, at the 2014 Budget Debate that looked at the Government’s spending of

one billion dollars, Hon. Requena reiterated his condemnation for the lack of electricity expansion throughout the entire Toledo Dis-trict.

The PUP representative spoke with a thunderous voice as he slammed the UDP Government for having his people in less than acceptable conditions. He said that it was a major disappointment that in 2014 children have to be reading and studying under the dim lights of a candle.

Hon. Requena pointed out that in the ten years the PUP was in office (1998-2008), in spite of the economic ups and downs, they expanded electricity to over 20 villag-es in the Toledo District. Poverty alleviation and community development were achieved with genuine efforts. Since the UDP took office in 2008, added the outspoken grass-

roots leader, the people of southern Belize are still waiting.

One example of this neglect is an electricity ex-pansion project initiated by the PUP in 2008. When the PUP’s term ended the project was underway and electricity posts had al-ready been erected. It was expected that the project would continue under the new UDP term since the ob-jective was to provide elec-tricity to 10 villages whose residents were anxiously waiting. These communities included Selena, San Mar-cos, Santa Teresita and oth-er seven villages.

But in true UDP style, the project was halted and

abandoned entirely. Sourc-es say this was because the new UDP Government did not deem it important.

Today, those same elec-tricity posts are still standing, but with no electrical fittings. The people of the nearby communities are still waiting. Meanwhile in Belize City, mil-lions have been spent by the Government to pay the Prime Minister’s family who worked as private attorneys and also gang leaders.

Now, in defense the UDP through its chief clown, Chairman Alberto August, is claiming that the project is too ambitious and that the PUP started it out of mis-chief. How foolish of an ex-cuse is that?


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PUP at 60% of threshold

The Meaning of Easter

on the

By Francis w. FonsecaThis week as we pre-

pare to celebrate Easter and offer our support to our Belizean Cyclists par-ticipating in the 2014 Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic, let us re-flect on the meaning of Easter.

In doing so, I read once again, the 2013 Easter Message of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis says: “This is what Easter is:

It is the exodus, the passage of human beings from Slavery to sin and evil TO the freedom of love and goodness. Because God is life, life alone, and we are his Glory: the living man.”

Pope Francis calls for peace in a world “divided by greed looking for easy gain”, a world “wounded by the selfishness which

threatens human life and the family.”

He speaks out against human trafficking, vio-lence linked to drug traf-ficking, and the iniquitous exploitation of our natural resources.

Here in our own beau-tiful land of Belize, we see the greed, corrup-tion, selfishness, violence and exploitation of natural resources, taking place each day.

Scandal, Nepotism, Mur-ders, Land and Rosewood hustle have become the norm.

Our Belizean identity has been cheapened and bastard-ized by elected officials who continue to be defended and protected by this UDP Gov-ernment.

This blessed Easter let us pray for strength, wisdom and humility!

Let us pray for our country and people!

Let us resolve to stand united FOR Belize!

WE CAN DO BETTER! WE MUST DO BETTER! WE WILL DO BETTER!

“GIVE thANKS tO thE LORD FOR hE IS GOOD; FOR hIS StEADFASt LOVE ENDURES FOREVER.”

A HAPPY, SAFE AND BLESSED EASTER TO ALL BELIZEANS!!!

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there is Hope!

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editorial

The story of the resurrection of Jesus is one of the most powerful in the world. It is therefore much more than a story. To Christians, it is the foundation of their faith – show-ing that Jesus is truly the son of God and that he washed our sins with his life and blood, promising to return for his children. It is a symbol of Hope.

Today Christians all over the world celebrate the great moment and the acclamation: “Jesus has risen!” It is a powerful message of hope and salvation. For this reason the Easter weekend is first and foremost a very spiritual time in Belize. There is a growing trend to mix this holy week with non-spiritual celebratory events, but by and large most Belizeans recognise the need to connect, or for some, reconnect, with their Church to pray and seek guidance.

While there are many who would argue that politics and religion should never mix and indeed it would be correct for us to say that pastoral leaders are much better at explaining and interpreting the scriptures than politicians, all of us in Belize can find hope in this great Easter message. This is a message of peace and unity in a time when our nation is grappling with violence and the senseless loss of lives.

If ever there was a time for our people to hear the message for us to love each other, and to be our brother’s keep, it is now.

It is true that with all that is going on, some are weary from the struggles facing our nation. It is true, that the hardships some face are greater than others. Some burdens are heavier than others. But it is our responsibility to not give up on our young nation, which despite its trials, continues to have great promise. Now more than ever the example of service, sacrifice, peace, respect for each other and kindness is needed in our nation, and it starts with each of you.

This time, which reminds us of Jesus’s selflessness, should compel us to reach out to those around us being affected by difficulties. Whether it be the single mother that has lost her job and is now seeking help. Or that child with no means of affording school. Or the senior citizen who has no family member to turn.

The People’s United Party is very cognizant of its social and moral responsibility to the country and our people. Our social justice agenda is to drive our people out of poverty through meaningful education and the creation of opportunities that will give each and every Belizean that equal right to participate in the development of the country. Our ob-jective transcends just politics.

Our prayer this Easter is for peace in our land, for an end to the senseless violence and for us to respect one another.

On behalf of the People’s United Party have a restful, safe and blessed Easter.


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followed him there.According to Martinez, who is the failed Minister

of Human Development and Social Transformation, he heard gunshots and his “security instincts” forced him to the ground. When he looked up, Lauriano’s motionless body lay in a pool of blood.

The gunman has only been identified as some-one wearing a white T-shirt. He walked right into the club and shot Lauriano from point blank range, then walked right out.

No one else was injured by the gunman, but sev-eral persons suffered various types of injuries from jumping over tables and the verandah in an attempt to flee the danger zone.

The second murder occurred around 9:30 on Sat-urday night, through Rhaburn’s Alley, which is a nar-row easement that connects North Front Street and Victoria Street.

Residents say that an unknown male person rode through the alley and simply fired shots at a group of men who were socializing. Several of the shots caught 57 year old Alfonso Cruz, who is employed as a heavy equipment operator. He was rushed to the hospital, but declared dead on arrival.

The third murder in the old, deadly capital oc-curred late Sunday April 13th night. 18 year old Kevin Rodriguez, who was staying at a family mem-ber’s home on Curl Thompson Street, stepped out-side only to be ambushed by a barrage of gunshots. Rodriguez was shot several times in the chest and legs.

Police have not detained anyone for any of the three ruthless murders. Criminal violence linked with turfs and notorious personalities have become much more prevalent in Belize City, and in particu-lar political constituencies led by senior Ministers of Government including the Queen Square, Port Loyola, Collet, and Mesoptamia divisions all led by Prime Minister Dean Barrow, Minister of Social Transformation’s Boots Martinez, Minister of Edu-cation Patrick Faber and Minister of Housing Mi-chael Finnegan.

The two other murders occurred in the Orange Walk District. They took place under very unusual circumstances.

50 year old Edison Johnson has testified to the Police that he was attempting to protect his prop-erty when he fired his 12-gauge shotgun at two strange individuals who drove unto his farm. John-son said that his farm has been raided by thieves in the recent past, and he was trying to put a stop to it.

The two individuals who were allegedly tres-passing are 23 year old Luke Cox, a resident of Carmelita Village, and 24 year old Saul Garcia, of Rhaburn’s Ridge. They allegedly drove on a red pickup truck onto Johnson’s farm, unaware of what would follow.

Johnson said that upon seeing the two men, he rushed out and yelled at them. They attempted to get away, therefore Johnson fired in their direction. The men were both injured, and Cox fell to the ground. When Police arrived at the farm, Johnson handed over the shotgun, two 12-gauge shells and his gun license. The Police combed the area, but didn’t find Garcia’s lifeless body until the next day about 300 yards from the farm.

Under the instructions of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Police charged Johnson with two counts of murder.

Johnson’s wife, Rosita, was devastated when she learnt that her husband would face criminal prosecution. She said that her husband has worked his entire life to build on the farm, and she doesn’t believe he did anything wrong with protecting it.

Johnson was taken to Court on Monday and charged. His trial will resume on May 13, 2014.

The People’s United Party and the Belize Times Press

wish all Belizeans a

Safe, Happy & Blessed Easter Holidays

Bloody StreetS!!


More Fake Passports & Visa

PUP

– Freetown’s Mr. Quitar?

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LiQUOR LiCENSE NOTiCES

Notice is hereby given that JOSE D. LOPEZ is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “1 Stop Country Shop”, situate at Maskall Village, Belize District un-der the Intoxicating Liquor Licens-ing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that HUiNENG ZHANG is applying for a Beer Liquor License to be op-erated at “368 Salon”, situate at #148 A Newtown Barracks, Belize City, Belize District under the Intox-icating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Cubans & Nigerian busted at Western Border

Benque Viejo del Carmen, April 15, 2014There is no indication that the Ministry

of Immigration plans to investigate how three men, two Cuban nationals and a Nigerian, obtained fake travel documents in an attempt to enter Belize through the Western Border.

The Cubans, 40 year old twin brothers Joel Jaimes Gonzalez and Joany Jaimes Gonzalez, and Nigerian national 53 year old Patrick Joshua Aibaengbee, are accused of using illegal documents including fake passports and a visa. The Cuban brothers were using Guatemalan passports in the names of Nestor Bayona Carreno and Fe-lipe Bayona Carreno, according to Belize’s immigration officials. The officials grew suspicious of the twins and upon checking their luggage, they discovered their real Cuban passports.

The Guatemalan passports had been forged, with photographs of the brothers glued onto the passports in an attempt to trick immigration officials.

In the case of Aibaengbee, he pre-sented a Nigerian passport which ap-peared legit, but the Belizean visa he used raised serious concerns. Immigration offi-cials say that the visa had a recent issue date (February 20), but it had an old visa stamp which is no longer in use. This drew suspicions and despite Aibaengbee’s pro-test, he was detained. The old stamp is only available through Belize’s official im-migration stations, such as its embassies.

When the three men appeared in Court on Monday, April 14th, 2014, Ai-baengbee pleaded not guilty. The Cuban brothers, however, accepted guilt and were quick to claim that “Everything was done voluntarily, we acted on our own. We regret and we do apologize”. That

But that doesn’t seem to be the case.The Gonzalez brothers were charged

and fined for the crime of possession of a fraudulent document. They did not meet the fine of $1,000 each, therefore, were imprisoned until immigration authorities extradite them to Cuba.

Aibaengbee was charged and re-manded, since no bail was allowed as he is considered a flight risk. His case will resume on April 29th.

type of confession should have made officials much more suspicious of the Cuban brothers’ activities, to find out if anyone else might have been involved in the facilitation of the documents.

Joany Jaimes Gonzalez Joel Jaimes Gonzalez

Patrick Joshua Aibaengbee



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Corozal town, April 12, 2014The Benque Viejo March-

ing Band won the wind instru-ment category in Love FM’s 9th annual Band Fest at the Santiago Ricalde Stadium in Corozal Town last Saturday.

Band leader Andres Chimo led them through a medley of pop hits in their stadium pre-sentation to win the $6,000 1st prize.

Two time defending champs Corozal Community College won the $2,500 2nd prize, as well as the $1,000 prize for the Most Popular Band.

The Santa Elena/San Ig-nacio Dreams marching band won the $1,500 3rd prize.

In the drum corps catego-ry, the Belmopan Active Youths marching band came out on top to win the $4,000 first prize, as well as the Best Cho-reographed Band.

The Holy Redeemer marching band won the $2,000 second prize and trophy, while the St Luke’s Marching band won 3rd place as well as the $1,000 prize in the drum line competition.

CCC won 2nd place

Benque won 1st place


by KELSEy Hemsley

VEGAS COME UP AGAIN!

Espats will join UDP ranks

Police United FC 1-0

10 SPORTS THE BELIZE TIMES 20 APRIL2014

FC Belize defeats

Belize City, April 13, 2014The FC Belize stunned the top-ranked Police United FC

1-0 in the Belikin Cup closing season competition at the MCC Garden on Sunday.

The up-to-then undefeated Police team took the game to the FC Belize with Clifton West, Danny Jimenez, Harri-son “Kafu” Roches, Amin “Tacos” August and the Makin brothers, Devon and Andres, leading the attack, but the FC Belize goalie Elroy Rowley came up with save after save to keep them scoreless the entire game.

Michael “Chenko” Whittaker just started this season with FC Belize and has not had as much playing time, but when he got the chance, he made Police feel his presence, blasting in the winning goal past goalie Keith Allen in the 39th minute.

Police United’s coach Hilly Muschamp pulled out all the stops as Jeremy Archer, Lennox “Criminal” Castillo and Jermaine Jones came off the bench in the 2nd half, but to no avail. Even when FC Belize was reduced to 10 men when Jarret Davis was ejected from the ball game with a red card after his 2nd yellow card caution, the Police could not score.

Other matches:Belmopan Bandits vs. Paradise Freedom Fighters - 1-0 Goal by Elroy KuylenBelize Defence Force vs. Verdes 0-0

Devaugn Zuniga vs DannyJimenez

Police Clifton West attacks Michael Whittaker scored FC Bze 1st goal

Belize City, April 13, 2014Scotiabank’s Barney Brown, Team Santino’s Jim

Scott and Clarence Tesecum won the A, B and C di-visions of the Weekend Warriors’ annual Cross Coun-try from San Ignacio finishing in front of Smart head-quarters on the Philip Goldson Highway in Belize City on Sunday.

Barney Brown clocked 3:59:04 on his 75 mile ride from San Ignacio to win 1st prize and a trophy.

A Division Results2nd Calman Williams – Team Smart3rd James Frampton – Team Santino’s4th Mike Lewis – Team Santino’s5th Kent Gabourel – Benny’s Megabytes6th Preston Martinez – Team Smart7th Kenny Gladden – Team Scotiabank8th Warren Coye – Team Santino’s- 4:00:079th Jack Sutherland – Team Digicell 4G10th Kirk Sutherland – Team Digicell 4GB Division (from Belmopan)2nd Antonio Escarpeta – Team B.C.B./F.T.Wil-

liams – 2:57:173rd Kaya Cattouse – Team SMART – 1st Female4th Rigoberto Rivas – Team Santino’s5th Isaiah Willacey – Team Digicell 4G6th Mike Phillips – Team Santino’s7th Perry Gibson – Team Benny’s Megabytes8th Matthew Smiling – Team Benny’s Megabytes9th Santino “Chief” Castillo – Team Santino’s10th Charlie Slusher - Team Santino’sC Division2nd Louis Usher – Team B.C.B./F.T.Williams3rd Frank “Butter” Ferguson – Santino’s4th Manuel Esquiliano – Truckers Posse 5th Devon Lozano – Team Digicell 4G6th Steve Gill – Team SMART7th Carlo Marin - Team B.C.B./F.T.Williams 8th Nelson Zayden9th Igmar Perrera – Team Zitro10th Wayne Arnold – Team B.C.B./F.T. Williams

Barney Brown, Jim Scoot & Clarence Tesecum

win Weekend Warriors’ Cross Country

Barney Brown won A div champ Jim Scott won B div champ

Clarence Tesecum won C Div champ


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Elvin Penner

Godwin Hulse

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Lady Jaguars, Moen Stars, SQ Jr. Stars &

Dragons win in volleyball

are softball champs

enter U-15/ U-17 football playoffs

broWn boMbers & city boys

Muslim School girls & crooked tree boysBelize City, April 11, 2014

Essenie Ciego was named the Most Valuable Player as the Muslim Community School girls celebrated vic-tory in the 2014 national primary school softball championships held at the Rog-ers Stadium last Friday.

Ciego led her school team to an 11-4 win over the Richard Quinn girls and pitcher Eliciey Ramirez.

In 3rd place, pitcher Eva Landav-erde led the Carmelita girls to a 5-4 win over the Camalote girls.

In the male competition, the Crook-ed Tree Government School boys won the softball championships held at the Rogers Stadium last Friday.

Crooked Tree’s Ethan Wade won the Most Valuable Player award. Team-mate Kristian Tillett allowed only 1 run, as the Crooked Tree boys won 5-1 over the Independence boys, hammering 5 runs off Camron Linarez’s pitching.

In 3rd place was the Camalote boys who won 7-2 over the Aguacate boys.

MVP isenie Ciego

Muslim girls

Crooked Tree boys

Belize City, April 12, 2014The Lady Jaguars, Moen

Stars, SQ Junior Stars, Rebels and SQ Dragons posted big wins when the Belize District Volleyball Association’s 2014 competition continued at the Belize Elementary auditorium over the weekend.

The Moen Stars had no trou-ble dispatching the SQ Junior Stars in game 1 on Friday night in 3 sets: 25-15, 25-16 and 25-21.

In Game 2, the defending champs, the Lady Jaguars had to go to extra points to win the 1st set: 27-25 over the Belmo-pan Mystics, but after that they

dominated the next 2 sets 25-10 and 25-7.

On Saturday in Game 1, the Lady Jaguars also overpowered the Belmopan Warriors in 3 sets: 25-13, 25-17 and 25-15.

In Game 2, the SQ Junior Stars roughed up the Belmopan Mystics 25-14, 27-25 and 25-23.

In Friday’s nightcap, the Reb-els dominated the defending na-tional men’s champs, the Belmo-pan Blingz in 3 sets: 25-21, 25-22 and 25-21.

In Saturday’s nightcap, the veteran SQ Dragons handled the defending Belize City men’s champs, the Jaguars in 4 sets: 25-19, 18-25, 25-6 and 25-20.

Kevanna Sebastian hits

Belize City, April 5, 2014

The Brown Bombers U-15 team and the City Boys U-17 are the No. 1 seeds in their respec-tive divisions enter-ing the 2014 Belize District Football As-sociation playoffs, as the regular season closed at the MCC grounds in Belize City on Saturday, April 12.

The Academy FC “B” team held the Pallotti FC girls to a 0-0 draw in the only game played on Sat-urday.

The last remain-ing U-15 game be-tween the Brown Bombers and the Hattieville United Youth Sporting Club U-15 was compas-sionately re-sched-uled for Sunday, April 13, after the untimely death of promising, young footballer,

Richard “RJ” Waight; but on Sudnay, the Hattiev-ille United could only field 8 players and forfeited the game to the Brown bombers who finished the season at the top of the standings.

Academy FC girls

Pallotti FC team


For SaleBy Order of the

Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edi-tion, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 18th day of March, 2011 between ADRiANNE SARAViA of Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District, Belize of the one part, and Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., of the other part, and recorded at the Land Titles Unit in Deeds Book Vol. 7 of 2011 at Folios 1517 – 1542, the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the schedule hereto.

All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

SCHEDULEALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 109 comprising of 766.202 square metres situate in Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District, bounded and described as shown by Plan No. 351 of 2010 attached to Minister’s Fiat Grant No. 351 of 2010 and also delineated on Plan No. 2080 Comp. No. 77 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 19th day of March, 2014.

MUSA & BALDERAMOS91 North Front Street

Belize CityAttorney-at-Law for

Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.


Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Com-panies Act, Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 13th day of June, 2012 between GREGORy CRiCHTON and PATRiCH GARBUTT both of No. 2 Piccini Site, Buttonwood Bay, Belize City, Belize of the one part, and Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., of the other part, and recorded at the Land Titles Unit in Deeds Book Vol. 15 of 2012 at Folios 339 – 408, the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the schedule hereto.All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

SCHEDULEALL THAT lot, piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 45 a portion of the land being known as “Dewdrop Farm” situate at Mile 11 ¾ on the Old Belize-Corozal Road in the Belize District of Belize as shown in Subdivision Plan registered at Entry No. 5325 Register No. 16 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 26th day of March, 2014.





Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edi-tion, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 5th day of March, 2012 between NAZARiO iTZA JR. of San Jose Succotz Village, Cayo District, Belize of the one part, and SCOTiABANK (BELiZE) LTD., of the other part, and recorded at the Land Titles Unit in Deeds Book Vol. 5 of 2012 at Folios 1163– 1170, the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the schedule hereto.All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

SCHEDULEALL THAT lot, piece or parcel of land being Lot Nos. 284 and 285 comprising of 609.718 Square Yards and 495.109 Square Yards respectively situate in Succotz Village, Cayo District, bounded and de-scribed as shown on Plan No. 1151 of 2003 attached to Minister’s Fiat Grant No. 1151 of 2003 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 4th day of April, 2014.




BY ORDER OF CHARGEENOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL

HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED a statutory body formed and registered under the Credit Union Act, Chapter 314 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000, and whose registered office is situated at No. 1 Hyde’s Lane, Belize City, Belize District hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Chargee under and by virtue of a Charge registered at the Land Registry between Ismay Adeline Swaso(Chargor) and Alden Courtney (Borrower) and the said Holy Redeemer Credit Union Limited.

HRCU will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first pub-lication of this notice sell the property described in the Schedule below.

ALL offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing to HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED from whom full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained.

SCHEDULE

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land comprising 501.722 square metres being Parcel 5237, Block 20 in the Belmopan Registration Section situate at No. 15 Mount Mossey Street, East Picinni, Belmopan, Cayo District, TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon, the freehold property of ISMAY ADELINE SWASO, surety for ALDEN COURTNEY.

DATED the 4th day of April 2014

HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED1 HYDE’S LANE, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE

Phone: (501) 224-5644Fax: (501) 223-0738

THE BELIZE TIMES20 APR 2014 13the cross of christ and Gender

EASTER MESSAGE 2014

By Dr. Oliver Ottley, District Su-perintendent Emeritus (Church of the Nazarene)

What does the cross have to do with gender? This is an unusual kind of Easter message, but a time-ly one I believe. For a springboard text, consider Ephesians 5:25; Hus-bands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; (Scripture pas-sages in this message are quoted from the KJV and are in italics). Can you see an important allusion to gender roles related to the cross in this Scripture?

When the Titanic was sinking, the captain ordered that the wom-en be placed in the limited num-ber of lifeboats with a man to man each lifeboat to safety; the rest of the men went down with the ship, including the captain. That was not chauvinism - that was chivalry!

The cross stands at the sacrifi-cial centre of redemption and rec-onciliation, and the apostle Paul, inspired by God, cites the sacrifice of the Saviour as signifying His re-lationship with the Church and also as exemplifying that sacrificial love a husband should demonstrate to-wards his wife if and when neces-sary.

The cross speaks of salvation and a call to be like Christ. With ref-erence to His own sacrifice Jesus said, If any man will come after me, Let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. The gender order, giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel, neces-sitates that commitment. She is not the cross; she is the loved one.

Regarding the husband/wife relationship, that passage in Ephe-sians speaks first to the wife: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord… This speaks to the maternal compo-nent of God’s own image in which He created generic man. The pater-nal and maternal components are meant to mutually complement the whole image of God. …they two shall be one flesh. By the same to-ken, men and women in the church in their respective roles are meant to represent the complementarity of God’s own image.

Jesus taught His disciples, and us by extension, to say when we pray, Our Father who art in heav-en… But God has at various times

revealed His maternal nature. For a couple of examples: As the eagle stirreth up her nest . . . and as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings...

God created man (generic) in his own image, in the image of God cre-ated he him, both male and female created he them. A while ago in a meeting someone asked, “What is the image of God?” The answer from the leader was “No one knows.” Let me share what I found to be the in-spiration, implication, and revelation in both the Old and New Testaments. When God created Adam He said, It is not good for the man to be alone, I will make him a helper suitable for him. But God did not form another man from the dust of the ground; He

took out that part of Adam’s side (not a rib) which was after the maternal as-pect of His own image and He made the woman. Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh (representing the whole image of God) The passage in Ephesians further says, for the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church… Hence we address God as Our Father which art in heaven…

Christ died and rose again, thus be-coming the Head of the Church. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. There is a resurrection of the spirit of man before the resurrection of the body. It is that resurrected spirit (and you hath he quick-

ened (made alive) who were dead in trespasses and sins, that must now grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

For a fitting conclusion, contem-plate these motivating lyrics from Wil-liam Pierson Merrill:

Rise up, O men of God! have done with lesser things;

Give heart and mind and soul and strength

to serve the King of Kings.

Rise up, O men of God! the Church for you doth wait,

her strength unequal to her task;

Rise up, and make her great!

Lift high the cross of Christ! tread where his feet have trod.

As brothers of the Son of ManRise up, O men of God!

Happy Easter! Happy Resurrec-tion! God bless you!



PUBLIC AUCTION SALE

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED, a Licensed Public Auctioneer will sell on site the following property at the time as listed.

At Front Street, Caye Caulker Village, Belize District on Monday, 5th May 2014 at 1:00p.m.

FIRSTLY ALL THAT lot, piece or parcel of land comprising 451.347 square yards situate on Front Street, Caye Caulker Village, Belize District bounded on the North by the property of Leopold Franco and there measuring 96 feet on the South by the land of Belizario Martinez and there measuring 105 feet or thereabouts and on the West by land the property of the Roman Catholic Mission and there measuring 44 feet 10 inches (marked 19D) save and except a portion of the said lot, piece or parcel comprising 60.589 square yards (marked 19C) SECONDLY, ALL THAT piece or parcel of land comprising 91.069 square yards (marked 18A) being a portion of the land comprised in a Conveyance dated 6th July 1978, recorded at the General Registry in Deeds Book Volume 9 of 1978 at folios 95 to 1000 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon, the freehold property of ORVILLE J. HOLDEN and PATRICIA HOLDEN (Jointly)

DATED this 10th day of April 2014

All sales are strictly cash and deemed final. For more information contact:

HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED1 HYDE’S LANE, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE

Phone: (501) 224-5644Fax: (501) 223-0738

Murder Capital!

UN names Belize – 3rd Most Deadly

Country in the World

The UNODC conducted a Glob-al Study on Homicide to see which countries had the highest murder rates in 2012. Belize, which saw the second highest number of ho-micides in 2012 than over the past three years, topped the list from the Caribbean, was the 2nd highest in Central America and 3rd highest in the world.

The study concluded that Belize had 44.7 homicides per 100,000 citizens in 2012. That was higher than El Salvador (41.2 per 100,000), Guatemala (39.9 murders per 100,000), Jamaica (39.3 murders per 100,000), Swaziland (33.8 per 100,000 in 2012), Saint Kitts and Nevis (33.6 per 100,000), South Af-rica (31 per 100,000), and Colombia (30.8 per 100,000).

The UNODC noted that the sit-uation in the crime filled areas is ex-acerbated by the fact that they have a low conviction rate for murder. Belize, again, falls among the worse with a conviction rate of about 3%.

There was some other key infor-mation highlighted by the UNODC report. First, the conviction rate for murder is lower in the Americas at 24% in comparison to Asia (48 per-cent) and Europe (81 percent). Sec-ond, in the Americas, 30 percent of the homicides were linked to gangs and organized criminal groups.

Third, the male homicide rate is the highest in the Americas at 29.3 per 100,000 males. This is almost seven times higher than in Asia, Eu-rope and Oceania.

And fourth, the homicide rate for male victims aged 15-29 in South and Central America is over four times the global average rate for that age group. This means that more than 1 in 7 of all homicide vic-tims globally is a young male aged 15-29 in the Americas.

Topping the World’s Most Dead-liest Countries list is Honduras (90.4 per 100,000) and Venezuela (53.7 per 100,000).

This latest report is further proof that Belize’s global reputation con-tinues to be dragged through the mud by an incompetent and uncar-ing Barrow Administration.


Reid

Drill baby, drill

the saddest part about the whole Nigeria sit-uation is that while it continues to be one of the world’s largest oil producers, creating enor-

mous wealth for Shell and a few corrupt politicians, over 70% of Nigeria’s people live in abject poverty. Is this really what we have to look forward to Belize?

By G. Michael ReidAttorney General Wilfred El-

rington’s recent mumbling and bumbling attempt to misrepre-sent the recent Supreme Court ruling against the government of Belize is pathetic and shows the government’s total disregard for the rule of law. On April third, Justice Michelle Arana handed a decision which basically affirms the rights of the indigenous people of Belize. The decision made two major declarations: (1) that the Government’s deci-sion to permit drilling and road construction inside the national park is irrational and unreason-able, because it was made with-out the free, prior and informed consent of the indigenous Maya communities; and (2) that the permission which the Gov-ernment of Belize gave to the company to drill in the Sarstoon Temash National Park breaches the legitimate expectation of the indigenous Maya peoples. Justice Arana went further and urged the Government to com-ply with its obligations under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples to respect the rights of the indigenous Maya.

In an interview given follow-ing the case, Attorney General Elrington made the following comments; “I read the judg-ment of Madame Justice Ara-na, her judgment was very clear and it was evident to me that she had given very care-ful thought to the matter.” In spite of that, Elrington went on to suggest that Justice Arana was not referring to the current treaty with US Capital. What then was Madame Justice re-

ferring to Mr. Elrington? Isn’t this very agreement what this case was all about?

The case was brought against the government by the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM) which rep-resents five Mayan communities bordering the Sarstoon-Temash National Park. Opponents against oil drilling have long been fighting against oil exploration on our Bar-rier Reef and in our National Parks and reserves. Our Prime Minister however, has been quite clear

that “drill they will”. It came as no surprise then, when in Friday’s news, it was announced that gov-ernment had gone ahead and re-newed US Capital’s right to drill in what seems a direct contempt of the Supreme Court’s ruling.

The major concern for not only the indigenous people but all of Belize should be the damage to arable land and adverse effects on

some 17 million gallons of crude oil into the rivers and onto the floor of their precious rainforest.

The Ecuadoreans were able to prove that apart from damage to the environment, the pollution from the oil business had caused a wave of mouth, stomach and uterine cancer that caused thousands of deaths, birth defects and spontaneous mis-carriages. In February of 2011, a court found the oil company guilty and ordered them to pay 18 billion in compensation. Despite declaring profits in excess of 21 billion for 2011 alone, Chevron has refused to pay or to even apologize to the people of Ecuador.

In Nigeria, the situation is even more disastrous and distressing. The Shell oil company, which record-ed even higher profits of 31 billion dollars for 2011, continues to rape that country and create hardship for the millions of Africans who de-

pend on the environment for their livelihood. It is estimated that more than 1.5 million tons of oil has spilled into the Niger Delta ecosystem over the years. Many spills take place in sensitive habitats for birds, fish and other wildlife, leading to further loss of biodiversity and, in turn, in-creased hardship on local commu-nities. The spills pollute local water sources upon which people depend

for drinking, cooking, bathing, washing and fishing. Nigeria has what has been described as “one of the world’s most severely pe-troleum-impacted ecosystems.” The saddest part about the whole Nigeria situation is that while it continues to be one of the world’s largest oil producers, creating enormous wealth for Shell and a few corrupt politicians, over 70% of Nigeria’s people live in abject poverty. Is this really what we have to look forward to Belize?

And even if US Capital strikes oil in the Sarstoon Temash, it will be years, if ever, before Belizeans will see any benefit. You can be sure that we will see the detri-ments rather immediately. Maybe we can learn from a letter written by a youth organization in Nigeria that reads: “Our rivers, rivulets and creeks are all covered with crude oil. We no longer breathe

the natural oxygen; rath-er we inhale lethal and ghastly gases. Our water can no longer be drunk unless one wants to test the effect of crude oil on the body. We no longer use vegetables, they are all polluted.”

Oil means a lot of money for a few people but poses huge environ-mental problems for the

rest of us. Most of the money from oil goes to the foreign oil barons and corrupt local politi-cians. Our current leaders have already shown their propensity for greed, corruption and blatant disregard of the rights and well being of our people. Let us think hard on this one Belize before we find ourselves in a very deep hole covered in goo.

the environment and health of our people that will result from testing, drilling and especially from the extracting of oil. One need only check with the people of Ecuador and Nige-ria about what has happened to their respective lands. In Ecuador, thirty thousand residents had to file a law-suit against Texaco/Chevron which they fought for twenty years before the case was finally set-tled. The charge was that the oil company deliberately dumped over 18 billion gal-lons of toxic waste-water and spilled


illegal Guatemalans caught panning for gold inside the Chiquibul forest

Sunrise: April 15, 1922Sunset: April 14, 1992

Twenty-two years have passedI’ll never forget that day

The day before your birthdaySome rang to inform usThat you’ve passed away

The hurt is the sameLike an open wound

There are days that I don’t utter a sound

Probably, we have forgotten your voice

and your laughter, but the image of your

face is still there for us.

Sadly missed by sons, daughters, relatives and friends.

Rest in peace.

Anastacio MarinIn Memoriam of

“We Will block us capital”Maya Leaders say they will “use all necessary action”

to defend customary landstoledo District, April 14, 2014

The Barrow Government has aggravated an already tense and flammable situation in the Toledo District with its arbitrary and flagrant Cabinet decision to extend a permit granted by U.S. Capital to continue its oil ex-ploration on Mayan customary land.

The decision came days af-ter an April 3rd Supreme Court ruling which declared that the Government acted wrongfully when it granted the initial per-mission to U.S. Capital without any form of consultation with the Mayan people.

On Friday April 11, Maya leaders met to look over the situation and two resolutions were passed. The first is that

they would launch another legal offensive with a challenge to the Government’s Cabinet decision and would seek an injunction to stop U.S. Capital from proceeding with any activities.

Also, as explained by Greg Ch’oc, the Maya leaders agreed to take any other steps necessary to prevent U.S. Capital from en-

tering the Maya customary lands.“…The decision is that they

will use all necessary action to block US Capital from enter-ing their Maya customary land. Their resolve is fortified by the decision and ruling of Justice Michele Arana,” shared Ch’oc.

In her ruling on the case brought against the Government

by the Mayan communities, Justice Michelle Arana declared that the Government should have consult-ed with the Mayan people before issuing any form of permission to use the land for any purposes. She described Government’s decision as irrational and unreasonable.

Justice Arana advised the Gov-ernment to comply with its obli-gations under the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples.

U.S. Capital officials said they will continue their operations until someone tells them to stop.


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SCIENCE & TECHBELIZE TIMES WEEKLY

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No option left but to suck CO2 out of air, says IPCC

14 April 2014 by Fred PearceIt is a beguiling idea: grow

crops that suck carbon dioxide from the air, burn them to generate electricity, then bury the resulting CO2. The result? Less CO2 in the air, and less climate change.

This idea’s time has come. The new report of the Intergovernmen-tal Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published on Sunday in Berlin, Ger-many, says “widespread” use of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) will probably be needed to stop the world warming by 2 °C, the politically agreed dan-ger threshold.

That reflects the urgency of the situation. After 20 years of talk, the world is still accelerating to-wards climate catastrophe. Emis-sions grew faster between 2000 and 2010 than in each of the three previous decades.

The IPCC blames economic growth, which now adds twice as much to emissions as population growth does. (The report does not cover the years since 2010, when emissions may have risen more slowly despite continued econom-ic growth.)

The heart of the report is a study of over 1000 scenarios of possible energy and climate fu-tures. It lays out what scientists believe it will take to keep global warming below 2 °C this centu-ry. Achieving a better-than-even chance will probably mean at least tripling the proportion of energy coming from low-carbon sources, it says.

The key is to generate electric-ity without emitting CO2. Low-car-bon sources currently provide 30 per cent of electricity, mostly from dams and nuclear power. That must rise to 80 per cent by 2050, with solar panels and wind turbines coming to the fore. New forms of solar will also play a role .

“Mitigation does not mean the world has to sacrifice economic growth,” says Ottmar Edenhofer of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, who co-chaired the report. But the burn-ing of fossil fuel must virtually end

by 2100, unless the emissions are buried using carbon capture and storage (CCS).

The report is neutral about nu-clear power because of issues with nuclear waste, safety, proliferation and public image. But it does support natural gas as a “bridge technology” to replace coal until renewables take over or CCS becomes widespread.

Other cost-ef-fective changes cited in the report include massive boosts to energy efficiency in in-dustry and home heating, and re-ducing transport emissions through more efficient ve-hicles, more com-pact cities and more high-speed rail to cut air miles.

That’s the right idea, says Bri-an Hoskins of the

the IPCC examined overshot 450 ppm and required recovery through “negative emissions” – BECCS, or some other CO2-sucking technology – later this century. CCS could be risky, but we may have no choice, the IPCC says.

The report should galvan-ise the UN negotiators who are drafting a global climate deal to be signed next year. But the hottest topic from the report may be its backing for negative emissions and CCS. It was pub-lished in Germany, a country with geology, climate policies and skills that make it an ideal test bed for the technology (see “German energy crisis points towards climate solution”). But the German public hates CCS. Last week Jochen Flasbarth, state secretary at Germany’s federal environment ministry, told New Scientist that buried CO2 is seen as almost as bad as nuclear waste.

Grantham Institute for Climate Change in London. “We already have the tech-nologies,” he says. “We should stop wringing our hands and just get on with it.”

Keeping below a 2 °C rise probably means keeping CO2 concentrations in the air below 450 parts per million. We are already up from a pre-industrial 280 ppm to 400 ppm. Most scenarios

(Image: Gary Tramontina/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Record-breaking cable car for La Paz’s

crazy commutes

There’s no way a city like La Paz should be where La Paz is. At 3650 metres above sea level, the centre of Bolivia’s de fac-to capital lies trapped at the bottom of a sheer-sided canyon in the Andean altipla-no. On the canyon’s lip, 400 metres above, is the former suburb of El Alto – the “high place” – now a million-strong metropolis in its own right and home to the highest inter-national airport in the world.

Previously the only practicable route for the 200,000 people passing between the two cities each day was a 15-kilometre detour by road via the head of the canyon – or a precipitous descent on foot down its sides past the makeshift brick houses of some of the cities’ poorest inhabitants.

Now a little relief is coming from the skies. The first of three cable car lines pass-ing up the side of the canyon was given a public preview this week. When completed the entire system will be 11 kilometres long – the longest urban cable car system in the world – with each line capable of carrying 3000 people per hour in each direction. A crazy commute for a crazy conurbation.

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