By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Former UDP Minister John Saldivar is weighing in on the revocation of Godfrey Smith’s US visa, and he isn’t holding back.
In a Facebook post, Saldivar said he listened closely to Smith’s interview and his call for the US Embassy to explain why his visa was cancelled. Saldivar’s prediction: Smith won’t get an answer.
“They have not and will not answer because the US answers to no one for their arbitrary actions even when they are in clear violation of due process rights,” he wrote.
Saldivar argued that when the United States takes action against someone, people tend to assume that person has done something wrong, even without evidence or a trial. He said Washington knows this and uses visa revocations and designations to “persecute, bully, and punish” people it disagrees with, mostly for political reasons.
Saldivar knows the feeling. On November 15, 2022, the United States designated the former Belizean minister for involvement in significant corruption. The designation bars him, and his immediate family, from entering the United States.
He is now calling on the new US Ambassador to review his file, though he admits he doesn’t expect a response.
“Just as with Godfrey Smith’s inquiry, I don’t expect an answer,” he wrote.
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By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Former UDP Minister John Saldivar is weighing in on the revocation of Godfrey Smith’s US visa, and he isn’t holding back. In a Facebook post, Saldivar said he listened closely to Smith’s interview and his call for the US Embassy to explain why his visa was cancelled. Saldivar’s prediction:
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