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United Democratic Party (Belize)
The United Democratic Party (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Partido Democrático Unido''; Abbreviation, abbreviated UDP) is one of the two major political parties in Belize. It is currently the main opposition party, having lost the 2025 Belizean general election, after previously holding the government across three prior terms. Founded as a centre-right conservative party, the UDP is led by Interim Leader Hugo Patt, though his position is contested by Tracy Taegar-Panton, who is already sworn in as Leader of the Opposition (Belize), leader of the opposition. History Foundation and early history In 1973, political opposition in Belize was weak and the ruling People's United Party (PUP) had never lost a legislative election since its foundation. The main opposition parties, the National Independence Party (Belize), National Independence Party and the People's Development Movement (Belize), People's Development Movement met together with a new Liberal Party to consider forming an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Patt
Hugo Patt is a politician from Belize from United Democratic Party (Belize), United Democratic Party. He served as the deputy prime minister of Belize and the acting prime minister of Belize from 6 July 2019 to 9 July 2019 and serving as House of Representatives (Belize), Member of the House of Representatives from Corozal North. He also served as the minister of Natural Resources from 2018 and minister of Local Government and Rural Development. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Belize from February 2020 to November 2020. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corozal (35)
Corozal may refer to: Places Belize * Corozal District ** Corozal Town, capital of the district *** Corozal Airport *** Corozal Junior College ** Corozal Sugar Factory, in Libertad * Corozal Bay, an inlet of Chetumal Bay Colombia * Corozal, Sucre, a city Honduras * Corozal, Honduras, a village Mexico * Frontera Corozal, Chiapas Panama * Corozal, Los Santos, a ''corregimiento'' * Corozal, Panama Canal Zone, a township in the Panama Canal Zone The Panama Canal Zone (), also known as just the Canal Zone, was a International zone#Concessions, concession of the United States located in the Isthmus of Panama that existed from 1903 to 1979. It consisted of the Panama Canal and an area gene ... ** Corozal American Cemetery and Memorial, in the township * Corozal, Veraguas, a ''corregimiento'' Puerto Rico * Corozal, Puerto Rico, a town and municipality ** Corozal barrio-pueblo, administrative center of the municipality * Corozal River Elsewhere * Corozal (crater), on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Esquivel
Sir Manuel Amadeo Esquivel (2 May 1940 – 10 February 2022) was a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as the second prime minister of Belize from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998. His party's victory in 1984 was the first time an opposition party had won a general election in Belize. Early life Esquivel was born in Belize City when it was the capital of the British Crown Colony of British Honduras. He attended St John's College and later earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics at Loyola University New Orleans; he subsequently pursued a postgraduate certificate in physics education at Bristol University, England. Politics After the 1969 British Honduras election, Esquivel became head of the pro-business Liberal Party, which later merged with two other parties in 1973 to form the United Democratic Party (UDP). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curl Thompson
Curl Osmond Thompson was a Belizean politician. Thompson served as an Area Representative in the Belize House of Representatives and as the deputy prime minister. He was also interim leader of the United Democratic Party for a brief period in the early 1980s. Biography Thompson was the UDP's nominee for the Belize House in the Belize City-based Mesopotamia constituency in 1974, but was defeated by the People's United Party incumbent, C. L. B. Rogers. Thompson was elected to the seat in a 1979 rematch. In January 1983 Thompson became Leader of the Opposition upon Theodore Aranda's departure from the UDP, serving concurrently as interim party leader until Sen. Manuel Esquivel was elected as Aranda's permanent replacement, with Thompson becoming deputy party leader. Thompson served as deputy prime minister during the first Esquivel government from 1984 to 1989. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Aranda
Theodore Roosevelt "Ted" Aranda (1934 – July 2022) was a Belizean politician and Garifuna activist. Education and UDP career Aranda held an M.A. (1967) and a Ph.D. (1971) in Education from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He worked with the Belizean branch of the CARE organization. In 1974, he joined the newly formed United Democratic Party and quickly rose up the ranks. In 1979, he was one of the five representatives elected for the UDP, representing the Dangriga constituency. He was elected UDP leader as the previous leader, Dean Lindo, was defeated for re-election in the Fort George constituency. After a stormy stint as the country's first post-independence Leader of the Opposition, Aranda was either ousted or resigned from the UDP leadership in late 1982, leaving the party entirely shortly thereafter. Christian Democratic Party and move to the PUP Aranda briefly revived the Christian Democratic Party in 1983 and unsuccessfully sought re-election in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Said Musa
Said Wilbert Musa (, born 19 March 1944) is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the third prime minister of Belize from 28 August 1998 to 8 February 2008. Early life and education Said Wilbert Musa was born in 1944 in San Ignacio in the Cayo District of what was then British Honduras. He was the fourth of eight children by Aurora Musa, née Gibbs, and Hamid Musa, a Palestinian immigrant from Al-Bireh. Hamid Musa was also involved in politics, running for the British Honduras Legislative Assembly as a National Party candidate in the 1957 general elections. As a boy, Musa attended Saint Andrew's Primary School in San Ignacio. He then attended high school at St Michael's College in Belize City and later St John's College Sixth Form. While living in Belize City, Said Musa aided his parents by selling tamales and other Belizean delicacies. After completing secondary school he then studied law at the University of Manchester in England, receiving an Honours Degree in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Belizean General Election
General elections were held in Belize on 21 November 1979.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p104 The result was a victory for the ruling People's United Party, which won 13 of the 18 seats. Voter turnout was 90%.General Elections 1979 Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014) Background The PUP went into the election with a 13–5 majority, having picked up a seat after the previous election when Toledo District Area Rep.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Lindo
Dean Russel Lindo (4 September 1932 – 17 September 2018) was a Belizean attorney and politician. He was one of the principal founders of the United Democratic Party in 1973 and served as its first leader from 1974 to 1979."The United Democratic Party at 40" , United Democratic Party. (accessed 18 March 2015) Biography Lindo was born on 4 September 1932 in Belize. He was a graduate of and |
Corozal United Front
The Corozal United Front (CUF) was a short-lived political party active in Corozal District, Belize, in the 1970s. Shortly after its founding the party won a municipal election in Corozal Town, defeating the established People's United Party The People's United Party (, PUP) is one of two major political parties in Belize. It is currently the governing party of Belize after success in the 2025 Belizean general election, winning a majority of 26 seats out of 31 in the Belizean Hou ... there for the first time. In conjunction with the newly formed United Democratic Party, the CUF fielded candidates in the 1974 Belizean general election, but failed to win any seats in the Belize House. After the 1974 election, the CUF was absorbed by the UDP."The United Democratic Party at 40" , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corozal District
Corozal is the northernmost Districts of Belize, district of the nation of Belize. The population was 46,071 in 2024. The district capital is Corozal Town. Pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Maya ruins are found in Corozal at Santa Rita ruins, Santa Rita near Corozal Town, and at Cerros. Administrative divisions There are four political divisions in the Corozal District. *''Corozal Bay (Belize House constituency), Corozal Bay'' is represented by the Peoples United Party's David "Dido" Vega, in his first term. The division includes most of Corozal Town proper. *''Corozal North'' covers the villages immediately north and west of Corozal Town and is held by three-term representative Hugo Patt of the UDP. *''Corozal South East'' has long been a PUP stronghold under father and son Florencio Marin Sr. (who stepped down in 2008 after seven terms) and Florencio Marin Jr., who is now in his fourth term. *''Corozal South West'' is represented by the PUP representative Ramiro Ramirez, who b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Belizean General Election
General elections were in Belize on 30 October 1974. Belizeans elected 18 members to the House of Representatives. The elections were the first since the country was officially renamed from British Honduras in 1973. The ruling People's United Party (PUP) won the largest share (12) of seats in the elections. The United Democratic Party – formed the previous year by a merger of the National Independence Party, People's Development Movement and Liberal Party – ran for the first time in this election, winning six seats.General Elections 1974 , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014) The UDP fielded candidates na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandala
''Amandala'' is a Belizean tabloid newspaper. Published twice weekly, it is Belize's largest newspaper. ''Amandala'' was established in 1969 as the print organ of the now-defunct United Black Association for Development (UBAD), but has been politically independent since the mid-1970s. Its offices are located at 3304 Partridge Street in Belize City. As of 2017, it has published over 3000 issues. The name The name "Amandala" is adapted from the Xhosa/ Zulu word " amandla", which means "power". Editors felt that Belizeans might mispronounce the word, so they added an extra "a" after the "d". ''Amandala'' editors often like to say the word means "power to the people", although the correct term for that is "Amandla, Ngawethu". The phrase occurs in English throughout the newspaper, most often in the Editorial and in publisher Evan X Hyde's column; however, it may appear in advertisements in the original African language. History Establishment ''Amandala'' began as a stencil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
