BREAKING: Deadlock broken – BSCFA and BSI/ASR sign new 2-year commercial agreement after face-to-face meeting

By Aaron Humes: There have been several false dawns since December 30, but tonight Breaking Belize News (BBN) can confirm that the standoff between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) and Belize Sugar Industries Limited/American Sugar Refining (BSI/ASR) is resolved.

For the first time in some time, negotiations which concluded late tonight at the Yo Creek Agricultural Station featured representatives of both BSCFA and BSI/ASR face to face, with Prime Minister John Briceno acting as mediator.

Earlier this evening, BSCFA members had stationed themselves at the Chan Pine Ridge Road area across from BSI/ASR, preparing to potentially interfere with deliveries from other associations on the basis that they would be prevented until an agreement was reached. There is no word of whether police have responded to those threats.

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