Politics and Government

The United States of America made history in 2008 when they elected their first black President, Barack Obama. Twelve years later, they made history when Kamala Harris was the first woman to be elected Vice President. This is not just monumental for women and shows how strong their participation in politics can be.

General Elections will still take place on November 11th, despite the fact that some voters may still be inconvenienced with the current floods and not be able to get out to vote.

Belize's Youth Votes Matter campaign hopes to have a similarly high turnout of youth votes as in the US elections, which has declared Joseph Biden Jr. as its 46th President-elect.

Since a large number of votes were cast via absentee ballots due to the current pandemic, the US Presidential election results have yet to be announced.

While Belizeans wait to head to the polls for General Elections on November 11th, Americans in the United States voted today, Tuesday, November 3rd.

Belize’s General Elections are to be held on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Belizeans will head to the polls to elect their chosen constituent (new or incumbent) to fill 31 seats in the House of Representatives. Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker and St. George’s Caye form the Belize Rural South (BRS) constituency. As such, The San Pedro Sun takes this opportunity to present the candidates vying to win the post of BRS Area Representative. Thomas Greenwood Jr. is running under the Belize People’s Front (BPF), while Andre Perez is running under the People’s United Party (PUP), and incumbent Manuel Heredia Jr. is from the United Democratic Party (UDP). Of the three candidates, Greenwood and Perez submitted their answers to our questions, while incumbent candidate was unable to meet our print deadline.

Party Leader of the People’s United Party (PUP) John Briceño travelled to San Pedro Town on Thursday, October 29th, where later in the evening he presented his party’s tourism plan. Briceño said that it was more than appropriate to present such plan on the island which is considered the prime tourism destination in the country.

BRS Area Representative Manuel Heredia Jr. denies land grab close to election time, adding that former mayor Elsa Paz and BTB Director Karen Bevans have earned the right to a piece of land in their service to community and country.