They say breaking up is hard to do - and so it is for Belize and that 125 million US dollar MCC grant. It was promised from the Biden Administration, but with the election of President Donald Trump - all foreign grants were put in a semi permanent holding pattern. And that MCC Grant for Belize has stayed right there. But, as recently as one week ago, Foreign Minister Fonseca was trying - perhaps in vain - to get it back:
Francis Fonseca, Minister of Foreign Affairs:
"I also had meetings with, congressmen, the ranking member of the Foreign Affairs, House Committee, Congressman Meeks, Gregory Meeks of New York, and I had a meeting with the chairman of the Republican chairman of the House Committee for Foreign Affairs. Congressman Mast, Chairman Mast. And again, there we talked about the different challenges Belize was facing. We discussed issues that we wanted their support with, including the MCC issue. Belize, Guatemala, we talked about as well. You know, many different areas of support, that we could work on and collaborate on together."
