Belize government to launch national bank
The Belize government is to launch a national bank that Prime Minister Dean Barrow said should place pressure on commercial banks to reduce lending rates to consumers in the future.
On December 8, a special agreement or compromise between Guatemala and Belize was signed at the Organization of American States Headquarters in Washington DC The special agreement is the necessary first step for both countries to agree to take the matter of the Guatemala/Belize Dispute to the International Court of Justice.