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The Belize Times Established 1957
14 JULY 2019 | ISSUE NO: 5155
The Truth Shall Make You Free
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BARROW
IS A FRAUD... So says the FTC
Mr. Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize, and the man who is firmly in the sights of the very powerful Federal Trade Commission (FTC), did the only thing he could possibly do at a press conference called at the Princess Ramada on Wednesday afternoon. He denied everything that was alleged by the FTC in a scathing 50-page Court document. He denied, and blustered, and at various points was careful to appear violated and put upon by the dastardly FTC – yet, at no point, did the Prime Minister go so far as to say that the FTC lied. In fact, after he had, almost at the point of tears lamented about the damage to his ‘good’ name and reputation, and the damage done by extension to his government, Mr. Barrow was asked if he would be taking legal action against the FTC. To that query, the Master of Litiga-
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tion responded, “No sir, I will not tangle with the FTC. No sir...if I never hear the name FTC again in my life, I will be an extremely happy man. The Belize Times would be willing to place a very big wager on a bet that the Prime Minister, in addition to likely seeing the FTC in his nightmares, will be in very close proximity to elements of the FTC for some time to come, and not proximity that will pleasure him. The press conference on Wednesday was hurriedly called after the 50page legal document filed in a Florida Court on June 10 by the FTC made its rounds of the media. That document, which was a bombshell that rocked the government on its already shaky
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