OAS Honors George Price in Hall of Heroines and Heroes

This week, George Cadle Price, affectionally known as Belize’s ‘Father of the Nation’, was honored at the Organization of American States’ Hall of Heroines and Heroes. A bust made in his likeness was unveiled at a ceremony celebrating Price’s legacy as a national hero and a symbol of peace. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francis Fonseca led the unveiling ceremony along with OAS Secretary General Albert Ramdin. He shared more details on the celebration today.

 

Francis Fonseca, Minister of Foreign Affairs

“We unveiled the secretary general of the OAS, a bust of George Price in the Hall of the heroines and heroes of the Americas.  Very proud moment for Belize in my view. We are all of the third CARICOM country to have our national hero our father of the nation displayed in those halls. So very proud moment for Belize we had quite a few people from the Belizean community there in DC there to witness it. So that is incredibly important recognizing the contribution that George Price made not only to Belize, but as a statesman to the region to the hemisphere.”