Belmopan, 13th January, 2012 – Prime Minister, the Hon. Dean Barrow, will leave the country tomorrow, Saturday, 14th January. He is accompanying his wife, Mrs. Kim Simplis Barrow, to Miami, Florida, USA, where Mrs. Barrow will receive medical treatment.
Prime Minister Barrow is scheduled to return home on Friday, 20th January. Minister of Defence and Immigration, Hon. Carlos Perdomo, will act as Prime Minister from the Prime Minister’s departure until the return to the country on Sunday, 15th January, of Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Gaspar Vega. The Deputy Prime Minister will then act as Prime Minister until Prime Minister Barrow returns to Belize.
Deputy Prime Minister Vega will be in Guatemala City 13th – 15th January to attend the inauguration ceremony of H.E., Otto Perez Molina, as President of Guatemala, on Saturday, 14th January.
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