There’s a new face heading to Washington, and it’s a familiar one. Former Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, Nestor Mendez, has reportedly been tapped to serve as Belize’s next Ambassador to the United States. But that’s just one piece of a much bigger diplomatic puzzle. Since the Briceño administration began its second term back in March, there’s been plenty of buzz about who’s going where, but no official list just yet. So, what’s the holdup? We asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs Francis Fonseca, and he says the list is on its way, with some major changes in store.
Francis Fonseca, Minister of Foreign Affairs
“Yeah we are finalizing that. We were hoping to finalize that in Cabinet yesterday but we had a long agenda so we did not do that. We will probably finalize at the next Cabinet meeting in a week or two. So very shortly we will.”
Paul Lopez
“Will there be major shift or a lot of what was will remain?”
Francis Fonseca
“Some people will remain but we will have a lot of changes, significant changes.”