2023 in Belize

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Incumbents

Monarch: Charles III
Governor-General: Froyla Tzalam
Prime Minister: Johnny Briceño
Chief Justice: Louise Blenman

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Belize

1 January – 2023 New Year Honours.
14 March - Commonwealth Day.^[1]
1 August - Emancipation Day.
2022–23 Premier League of Belize^[2]
26 April - Jasmine Hartin pled guilty to the manslaughter of police officer Henry Jemmott^[3]
6 May – Coronation of Charles III as King of Belize and the other Commonwealth realms.^[4] Governor-General Dame Froyla Tzalam attend the ceremony in London.^[5]
14 November – Belize suspends diplomatic relations with Israel over its war conduct and calls for an immediate ceasefire.^[6]

References

^ "Sovereign's Day/Commonwealth Day in Belize in 2022". Office Holidays. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
^ BBNTEAM (2022-07-22). "New Premier League of Belize, featuring three new clubs, delayed one week; to play three pre-season games this weekend". Belize News and Opinion on www.breakingbelizenews.com. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ Cobham, Tara (2023-04-26). "Jasmine Hartin pleads guilty to manslaughter after Belize police officer shot dead". The Independent. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
^ King Charles III officially crowned; Belize has a new monarch
^ Humes, Aaron (28 April 2023). "Governor-General heads to King Charles' coronation; no holiday here, says Minister". Breaking Belize News. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ Ehlinger, Maija (2023-11-14). "Belize suspends diplomatic ties with Israel, renews call for 'immediate ceasefire'". CNN. Retrieved 2023-11-15.

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v t e 2023 in Central America
Sovereign states	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

v t e 2023 in North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

2023 in the Caribbean

British West Indies
Danish West Indies
Dutch Caribbean
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
French West Indies
West Indies Federation

West
Indies

Antilles

Greater
Antilles

Cayman Islands
Cuba
Jamaica
Navassa Island
Puerto Rico

Hispaniola	Dominican Republic Haiti

Lesser
Antilles

Leeward
Islands

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Guadeloupe
- La Désirade
- Les Saintes
- Marie-Galante
Montserrat
Saba^{^*}
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sint Eustatius^{^*}

Saint Martin^{^}	Collectivity of Saint Martin Sint Maarten
Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Southern
Caribbean

Leeward
Antilles

Insular Venezuela
- Federal Dependencies
- Nueva Esparta

ABC islands	Aruba Bonaire^* Curaçao

Windward
Islands

Dominica
Grenada
- Carriacou and Petite Martinique
Martinique
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Barbados^†
Trinidad and Tobago^†

Lucayan
Archipelago

Bahamas

Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean
Sea

Aves Island
San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank^~
- Serranilla Bank^~

Caribbean
continental
zone

Quintana Roo
- Cozumel

Central America	Belize Honduras Bay Islands Izabal Limón Corn Islands North Caribbean Coast South Caribbean Coast Panama
South America	Colombian Caribbean Venezuelan Caribbean

Wider
groupings
may include:

Yucatán Peninsula	Campeche Petén Yucatán
The Guianas	Amapá French Guiana Venezuelan Guayana Guyana Guayana Esequiba^ǂ Tigri Area^ǂ Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

^{^}These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which ^*the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

^†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

^ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ^~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

^#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.