When we left you last night, there were the makings of a stand-off between farmers of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association. After an entire day of dialog, facilitated by the Briceno Government, the millers and the association with almost 70% of the farmers in the north were still at a hard impasse.
Several cane farmers had parked their trucks filled with cane in front of the main entrance of the Tower Hill Factory. The intent was clear; they were not going to allow the crop season to progress.
So, with the stakes being very high, Prime Minister John Briceno himself entered the negotiations to try and end the unrest in the Sugar Industry. But, even after all of those talks and the ferrying of information back and forth between the two parties, the stand-off is no closer to ending.
At this time, there are more trucks and a group of farmers who have set up a camp in front of the industry. They are determined not to move until they have a fully signed interim agreement that lasts all the way to August of next year. So far, the Government and police have overseen the dispute to ensure that there is no more violence, for now...
