Гватемала требует вернуть земли Белиза, ссылаясь на наследие Испании

By Colin Hyde The Jews said that many hundreds of years ago God, speaking directly to them, but via one of their leaders, promised them the land called Palestine. By now we know most of the history behind a decision by the powers in the world to back up Jews in the Diaspora with arms, help them drive out the people who lived in Palestine, so this Jewish ambition could be fulfilled. It’s called the Nakba, thousands of Palestinians killed, thousands and thousands of Palestinians driven from their homes, to create the state called Israel. We know what the state of that region has been since. It has been wars and rumours of wars. Today the Jews face a charge of genocide, for what they have done/are doing to the people in Gaza, and they are responsible for a lot of the turmoil in the world since March. Closer to home, we, our country is at The Hague, where a claim brought by Guatemala on our land is being heard. The story there, in brief, is that a country called Spain, through might, and “rights” given it by a Pope in Rome, exterminated our ancestors in this part of the world and took control of the land. Guatemala bases its claim to our land on inheritance, being a successor of Spain. Wow! Belizeans congratulate Guatemalan leaders who have decided to pursue a civil solution to a bad scene they had planted in the minds of their people about their neighbour’s property. Coming home, Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh courageously acknowledged communal land rights, but did not set the blueprint for it to be realized. The matter was aired out further in local courts and then at the CCJ, where in 2015 a framework to make sense of the ruling was hammered out. Ten years later the matter has not been resolved; some Maya leaders are not satisfied with what the government has proposed, and they have decided to go back to the CCJ to complain. Readers of this column know this corner wholesale supported/supports communal land rights. But I noh tu happy with some Maya leaders who seek to turn back the time to a place where they are making their right into a wrong. I am aware of the “circle” solution proposed by Lawyer Marshalleck, which some Maya leaders have rejected because they say it is too small. I learned from the private landowner group that was on XTV on Tuesday that there are calls for private holdings in certain areas to be extinguished, and for those Belizeans who are turned out, over a thousand of them, to be compensated. From day one, this corner has said that former PM Said Musa’s fears of Balkanization, that bitter fruit, would be the harvest if the lands declared as communal lands were contiguous. The government and conscious Maya leaders should go the extra mile to NOT separate any Belizean from their land. If there are madabig ranches in the middle of a community, or there is obvious speculation, a mature, sincere body set up by our government and Maya leaders can sit down and negotiate for the greater good. There are many Belizeans, of all origins, who are culturally roots enough to live among any indigenous group. Disenfranchise no Belizean! Don’t take land away from anyone who has a connection to their spot, because you must have contiguity. That would be a Nakba! I don’t believe you, Jeremy Doku I don’t like Jeremy Doku, for the same reason I didn’t like Didier Drogba: it’s about playing for the wrong team. Drogba played for Chelsea, and it’s like he did a lot of damage to Arsenal, particularly. His retirement couldn’t come soon enough. This year, Arsenal would have won the Premier League one week earlier than it did, if the fabulous Doku hadn’t unleashed a last-minute rocket strike for Manchester City that prolonged the race. He’s an outstanding winger. He just plays for the wrong team. I can’t believe Doku left his teammates at the World Cup, to be with his wife who was scheduled to give birth. His national team, Belgium, has a lot of talent so they could afford to give him a game off. They drew the game he missed. I ask: what if the baby had decided that they weren’t ready to enter this crazy world, would he have asked to miss another game? I’m with Ms. France Pierron; The Guardian (UK) said: “France Pierron, a presenter with L’Équipe, on Friday cited the ‘hundreds of footballers who would kill’ to be playing in Doku’s place at the World Cup. ‘You’re living out a childhood dream, yet you’re going to walk away from it all to attend the birth of your child – a disgusting moment, if you’ll pardon the expression, where the dad is completely useless,’ she said. ‘He just holds your hand and takes a photo.’” All those who criticized the lady need to check themselves. Victim It’s a 1961 movie, Victim, and at the very end the police boss tells Farr, “They call the law against homosexuals the Blackmailer’s Charter”; and Farr says, “How do you feel about it?”; and the police boss says, “I’m a policeman; I don’t have feelings.” I think I got the verbatim there right. I think this is the third article from this corner on this subject in the past two weeks; and, no, I haven’t moved from my stance that the lobby shouldn’t get too greedy. The movie was absolutely fascinating. I rarely follow the TCM (television) guide, mostly I just check out what’s on when I’m relaxing and none of the games on television are worth a daam, or one of my teams is getting thrashed. When I picked up the movie, Farr, a successful lawyer who has everything, isn’t forthcoming when his wife questions him about a young man who had been trying to see him. The young man is desperate, he has stolen some long dollars from his boss and the police are on his trail, and he needs help. The police pick him up, and he commits suicide in his cell. There, that’s enough to hook you; so, let’s borrow from the Wikipedia report on the plot. “One day, Farr receives a call from Jack “Boy” Barrett, a young working-class gay man with whom he previously had a romantic friendship. Farr, who is apparently happily married to Laura, assumes Barrett wants to blackmail him about their relationship, so he does not listen and tells Barrett not to call him again. In reality, however, Barrett has been trying to reach Farr to appeal for help, because he has fallen prey to blackmailers who have a picture of Farr and Barrett in a vehicle together. The image is somewhat compromising, as Barrett is crying and Farr’s arm is around him, so Barrett stole £2,300 (£44,700 today) from his employers to pay the blackmail, but he has been found out and now the police are pursuing him, so he needs financial assistance to flee the country.” Farr sacrifices his career to pursue the blackmailers. Things get rough in his marriage, but his wife decides to stick with him when he prepares to face the court and the world to get justice for his friend. The Wikipedia says Victim “received acclaim and is now regarded as a British classic, and it has been credited with liberalising attitudes towards homosexuality in Great Britain.” Whoa there! Don’t get too ambitious.