Ivan Michael "Maca" Ramos is a Belizean politician and a member of the

People's United Party The People's United Party (PUP) is one of two major political parties in Belize. It is currently the governing party of Belize after success in the 2020 Belizean general election, winning a majority of 26 seats out of 31 in the Belizean House ...

(PUP). He was elected in March 2012 as Area Representative for the

Dangriga Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town, is a town in southern Belize, located on the Caribbean coast at the mouth of the North Stann Creek River. It is the capital of Belize's Stann Creek District. Dangriga is served by the Dangriga Airpo ...

constituency in the

Stann Creek District Stann Creek District is a district in the south east region of Belize. According to the 2010 census, the district had a population of 32,166 people. Its capital is the town of Dangriga, formerly known as "Stann Creek Town." Stann comes from "sta ...

. In June 2015 Ramos resigned after controversially failing to retain his

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status in Dangriga for the 2015 general election. A by-election to succeed Ramos was held on 8 July."Bye-Election In July! PUP Hon. Ivan Ramos Steps Down As Representative"

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, 8 June 2015. (accessed 18 June 2015) Ramos is a grandson of noted 20th Century

Garifuna The Garifuna people ( or ; pl. Garínagu in Garifuna) are a people of mixed free African and indigenous American ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language, and Vincentian C ...

activist T. V. Ramos.Ramos, Adele
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Amandala ''Amandala'' is a Belizean tabloid newspaper. Published twice weekly, it is Belize's largest newspaper. ''Amandala'' was established in 1969 as the print organ of the now-defunct United Black Association for Development (UBAD), but has been polit ...

'', 18 November 2008. (accessed 22 May 2015)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, Ivan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Dangriga Garifuna people People's United Party politicians Members of the Belize House of Representatives for Dangriga