And from the "punto final" in paycuts to the political ads that popped up on social media yesterday. As we reported, the PUP is taking aim at the trade unions as not wanting to do their part in a national crisis.

But that's not a message that NTUCB President Louis Martinez is willing to accept. He spoke to us today to make an outright denouncement of what an unprecedented government smear campaign against the unions.

But firebrand Martinez didn't stop there. And later he launched into a tirade about why Belize's economic woes are not about expenditure but are in fact the result of a revenue collection crisis.

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