Belize on Strike

The country of Belize is on strike today. The Government is raising taxes, and the people can't afford it, so they all are on strike. The teachers are striking too, so no school today and tomorrow. We don't have water, and supposedly the electricity will go off too, but it hasn't yet. From what I have gathered, the situation is pretty messy. The government is very corrupt, and has sold pretty much everything in Belize that can be sold to private investors. The highways, borders, even the Mayan ruins have all been sold. They've run out of things to sell, so they're taxing the people. Needless to say, everyone is pretty upset. Some of the Belizian teachers are going to a protest tomorrow at the capital, but the principal requested that none of the volunteers go. I wouldn't anyways- I don't trust large crowds of angry people. No one is really sure what the solution to this problem is, because the government needs to get money somehow. Hopefully, it won't last too long, or I'll have to start making trips to the river for water. We filled up our washing machine and sinks, but that probably will only last three days at the most. The most we've been out of water here has been a day, so this should be interesting! On a lighter note, I woke up this morning to a parrot yelling Mama and Hello, and then imitating a deep laugh. He was sitting in my neighbor's palm tree. I think it would be funny if he learned to call our cat.... :)