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Belizean activist

Antonio Soberanis Gómez ((1897-01-14)January 14, 1897 – (1975-04-14)April 14, 1975) was an activist in the Belizean labour movement.

He found the Labour and Unemployed Association in 1934 to demand poverty relief work and a minimum wage. He was jailed for sedition in 1935.

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Personal life

Antonio Soberanis was born to Mexican parents in the Belizean village of San Antonio Rio Hondo in Orange Walk. His family had moved to Belize in 1894.^[1]

He attended boys' school in Belize City and thereafter became a barber.

He owned "The Panama Barbershop," originally located on Handyside Street and then Queen Street in Belize City, which hosted many political discussions until it was boycotted in 1932 due to his political activities. He fathered ten children , first to Violet Garbutt married.^[2]

Days of the LUA

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