And while inflation may be high all over the region, home is where the hurt is.
And with rumors of war in Ukraine, even on this side of the world is bound to get worse before it gets better.
The Press asked the PM what he and his government are doing to combat the pinch that Belizeans are likely to feel in the next few months.
But PM Briceno says that right now he can't offer any hard and fast solutions - except an urging to buy local.
Hon. John Briceno, Prime Minister of Belize
"There not much unfortunately as you know, probably more than I, that there is not much that we can do. We import most of our food products. What we have to start to do is grow more of what we eat and eat what we grow. But we have to look at how best we could handle that. Tomorrow the cabinet is meeting on a retreat and to discuss I think it's about 4 topics and one of them is the cost of living. So we want to be able to spend at least 2 hours just to discuss the cost of living, what is it that can be done. There is no silver bullet, there is no easy answers and we will see what we can come up with. I can tell you that we will do everything possible to try to manage that."
