Weekly Report - 12 November 2015 (WR-15-45)

Dean Barrow has become the first prime minister since Belize gained independence in 1981 to win three consecutive election contests at the helm of the United Democratic Party (UDP). The UDP managed to add two seats to its haul to finish with 19 of the 31 seats in the House of Representatives to just 12 for the People’s United Party (PUP) in the general elections on 4 November. Barrow’s victory came just days after Jimmy Morales won Guatemala’s presidential elections bewailing the “deplorable” loss of large tracts of land now part of Belize.

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