The bane of our situation was always the divisions amongst our Belizean people, divisions which were cemented in the administrative lines the British drew between the Districts. Coming out of independence, the only truly national institutions were the two political parties and the Christian churches. None of these situations desired revolutionary national unity for Belize. The PUP surrendered to the Queen in 1959, and the UDP, for its part, had never left the umbra of Buckingham Palace. None of the churches here has ever been indigenous and authentic. Even Guatemala has a black Christ: in Belize, all the Christs are blondes. As we look around and watch all the many millions being spent on tourism infrastructure here, we ask ourselves: how many of the benefits to be derived therefrom will reach the roots? Apologists for the system will explain, condescendingly, that the multilateral loans which made these tourism works possible were not available for deep sea fishing or food production agriculture. Out there, some rulers of the world decided that tourism was the way they wanted Belize to go. At the same time, other rulers of the world were keeping the petroleum option open for Belize. Now it’s become a back-and-forth thing – big people business. One day Oceana, the next day U.S. Capital Energy … Roots Belizeans, you saw all the obstacles which faced our national football selection. We gave them all our widow’s mite support, nevertheless, and our selection did fight bravely for us. In these times when we are drowning in the waters of the Queen and the churches, we hold on to the straw our selection has held out to us. The Queen is the richest woman on planet earth. Our political leaders are multimillionaire attorneys. The pastors eat well. It’s a rough road the rest of Belize trods. Rough. Extracted from the Amandala Editorial
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:32:35 +0000
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