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	Belize Government Institutions
		The governor general must be a citizen of Belize and he or she serves at the pleasure of the queen, not subject to a fixed term of office.
		Belize's National Assembly is a bicameral legislature composed of an elected House of Representatives and an appointed Senate.
		To be eligible for either chamber, a person must be a citizen of Belize, be at least eighteen years old, and have resided in Belize for at least one year immediately prior to his or her nomination (to the House) or appointment (to the Senate).
	www.country-studies.com /belize/government-institutions.html (2873 words)

	Date set for Belize General Elections
		Belize needs a government with a fresh mandate, not one nearing the end of its term and preoccupied with elections, to face the many new problems resulting from unfolding world events beyond our control.
		The municipal elections must, by law, be held on that date, and holding both on the same day will save money and energy, since we do not have to duplicate the enormous expenditure in financial and human resources necessary to conduct elections.
		The people of Belize do not need to be treated to a parade of lies, misrepresentations, slander, abuse and violence to decide how to exercise their sacred right to vote for the representatives of their choice.
	belizefreepress.com /news/printer_45.shtml (1281 words)

	Belizean - The Belize News Blog: Candidates Nominated for Belize Local Elections
		The elections are for Mayors and Councils in the two cities and seven towns of Belize.
		Belize politricks is very interested,but now my people are very genius with this upcoming municipal elections.We are very concious and fustrated of listening to the presently U.D.P.'s mayors commenting that central goverment is not assisting their municipalities with their monthly subventions.
		Sad day for Belize that a man of color is so looked-down upon that he is ineffective as a party leader, and in a country that was primarily composed of people of color (the African ancestry.) Sad because some of its most outspoken and patriotic people are exactly that.
	www.belizean.com /mt-static/archives/2006/02/candidates_nomi.html (1322 words)

	Politics of Belize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As head of state, Queen Elizabeth II is represented in Belize by a governor general who acts on the advice of the prime minister and the cabinet.
		Belize is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy on the Westminster model and is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		Currently, the Government of Belize is controlled by the People's United Party (PUP) which won 22 of the 29 seats in the House of Representatives on 5 March 2003 but later lost a seat in a by-election in October of that year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Belize (1202 words)

	Website of the Belize Tourism Board
		Belize was granted independence from the British in 1981.
		Belize, since 1961, has had a two party political system, which is not constitutionally mandated.
		Belize's foreign policy has been greatly determined by its political, military, and economic links with Britain and the United States, as well as its geographical ties with Central America and the Caribbean.
	www.travelbelize.org /gov.html (669 words)

	Government of Belize
		Belize has a system of local government comprising two city councils, seven town councils and a network of 192 village and community councils.
		Under the new legislation the first Belize City Council elections for the mayor and 10 councilors were held in March 1999.
		The Mayors’ Association of Belize represents the mayors of all the city and town councils.
	www.belize.gov.bz /how_localgovernment.html (1297 words)

	History of Belize - Chapter 5
		In Belize, the Superintendent, the head of the colonial administration, was in charge of the management of the slave system.
		In 1796 the Belize Magistrates prohibited the landing of five Jamaican slaves who were suspected of having been Maroons, and in 1800 a Public Meeting discussed the settlers' "apprehension of internal convulsion and the horrors of Saint Domingo" happening in Belize.
		When the Belize settlement expanded to the west and south early in the 19th century, the runaways went through the bush to the Peten in Guatemala, and by boat down the coast to Omoa and Trujillo in Honduras.
	www.belizenet.com /history/chap5.html (2889 words)

	History of Belize - Chapter 11
		Belize City, with its 22,000 people, is about the most shockingly depressed spot in the whole British/West Indies - perhaps in the Commonwealth.
		The devaluation of the Belize dollar, on December 31, 1949, resulted in the immediate worsening of the workers' situation.
		In elections held that year it won eight of the nine elected seats and 67 per cent of the vote.
	www.belizenet.com /history/chap11.html (1246 words)

	Casa Cayo Real Estate - About Belize
		Belize (formerly British Honduras until the name of the country was changed in 1973) lies on the eastern or Caribbean coast of Central America, bounded on the north and part of the west by Mexico, and on the south and the remainder of the west by Guatemala.
		Belize's current economic base dates back to the mid-20th century when there was a shift from the production of forestry products such as logwood, mahogany and chicle towards large-scale plantation-type agriculture with citrus and banana cultivation in the south of the country and sugarcane in northern Belize.
		Belize is also a signatory to the Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and the ACP and is a beneficiary of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, and the Caribbean-Canada Trade Agreement, or CARIBCAN.
	www.casacayorealestate.net /aboutbelize.php (2457 words)

	Belize
		Belize is a parliamentary democracy with a constitution enacted in 1981 upon independence from the United Kingdom.
		Belize was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
		All elections were held by secret ballot, and suffrage was universal for citizens 18 years of age and older.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18320.htm (7828 words)

	We the People's United Democratic Party - Politics in Belize - General Town City Elections 2003
		The thought of elections in a developing country might stir images of political unrest to those in the older established nations of Central and South America.
		Some smaller constituencies like the Pickstock division in Belize City complete their ballot counting in a matter of hours, while areas dotted with remote villages like Toledo in southern Belize may not even start the counting process until late in the evening as they wait for all the ballot boxes to arrive.
		Belize enjoys a rare freedom: the energy of the times touches each district and all people regardless of race, sex, or creed.
	www.belizeanjourneys.com /features/elections/newsletter.html (1153 words)

	BELIZE
		With a population of 200,000, Belize is the least populated nation in the Caribbean.
		Belize is governed by a cabinet with a powerful prime minister who has executive power.
		In 1985, UNICEF reported that Belize had one of the highest rates of adolescent pregnancy in the Central American region, and that one of five births was a result of an adolescent pregnancy.
	iwraw.igc.org /publications/countries/belize.htm (5424 words)

	Elections in Belize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Belize City, due to its bigger size, carries greater representation and importance, with one mayor and ten councillors elected (previously nine individuals out of which the Mayor was selected), as opposed to one Mayor and six councillors for Belmopan and the towns.
		By-elections are usually held to replace representatives either locally or nationally, who are lost during the course of their term for various reasons.
		In Belize, elections are supervised by the Elections and Boundaries Commission under the control of a Chief Elections Officer, responsible for conducting fair elections.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_Belize (727 words)

	GECOM: Guyana Elections Commission
		The previous Elections Commission was established by virtue of the Constitution Amendment Act No. 15 of 1995.
		The Elections Commission was expanded with the Government and the opposition each naming two additional members, and with a new Chairman selected by the President from a list proposed by the opposition.
		It is because of this solution that the Elections Commission comprises of a Chairman and six Commissioners who are appointed in accordance with Constitutional Amendment Act No. 2 of 2000.
	www.sdnp.org.gy /elections/constitution_reform.html (439 words)

	Belize Elections & Boundaries Department.
		All Election Officers are senior public officers who are appointed by the Elections and Boundaries Commission through the Chief Elections Officer.
		The Chief Elections Officer (CEO) is the head of the Elections and Boundaries Department.
		Tally sheets issued by the Elections and Boundaries Department are to be used to record the count.
	www.belize-elections.org /polling_agents.html (2899 words)

	Belize - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Belize is drained by seventeen rivers with the Belize River dissecting the country from west to east.
		Average temperature ranges in Belize City are from 19 to 27 degrees Celsius (66 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit) in January to 24 to 31 degrees Celsius (75 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit) in August.
		Early elections called by the PUP for June 30, 1993 resulted in the UDP being elected to government with Manuel Esquivel as Prime Minister.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/belize.htm (1133 words)

	Belize
		The Belize Defense Force (BDF) is responsible for external security but, when deemed appropriate by civilian authorities, may be tasked to assist the police department.
		After an investigation, on December 18, the OAS facilitators to the Border Talks between the two Governments issued formal recommendations that the Belize Government pay compensation to the victims' family and suspend all BDF and police personnel involved in the killings, pending a judicial investigation to determine culpability for the deaths.
		Unions that choose not to hold elections may act as representatives for their membership, but the National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB) permits only unions that hold free and annual elections of officers to join its ranks.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/wha/8295.htm (6360 words)

	Belize - POLITICAL DYNAMICS
		In contrast to most Central American nations, elections in Belize are notable for their regularity, adherence to democratic principles, and an absence of violence.
		The candidate with the largest number of votes wins the election; in the event of a tie, a new election is held in that district within three months.
		Similarly, in the 1984 election, the vote was split 53.3 percent to 43.3 percent between the UDP and the PUP, but the UDP won twenty-one of the twenty-eight House seats.
	countrystudies.us /belize/74.htm (566 words)

	Supporting the Electoral Process (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The OAS also monitored elections in Peru — which came to a close on June 4 with the second-round victory of President Alan García — and in Colombia, where President Alvaro Uribe won a second term on May 28.
		The OAS also was present in the Dominican Republic for legislative and municipal elections in May of this year, as well as in El Salvador, which held legislative and municipal elections in March.
		Under the terms of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, the OAS member states are responsible for holding free and fair elections, and they may seek advisory services or assistance from the OAS to strengthen their electoral institutions and processes.
	www.oas.org /key_issues/eng/KeyIssue_Detail.asp?kis_sec=6 (1251 words)

	News from 1998
		Northern Belize saw a series of killings, hold-ups and kidnappings in August and September, including the shotgun slaying of the driver of a Coca Cola delivery truck in a hold-up on the Old Northern Highway in August.
		They also fear that Belize authorities are showing they are not able to cope with the rising tide of lawlessness in Belize, much of it, they claim, a result of the thousands of legal and illegal aliens who have migrated to Belize from Guatemala, Honduras, and elsewhere in Central America.
		Belize was rated as the most-expensive place to live in Central America, with a cost of living only slightly lower than in the U.S. Jerry Jeff Walker, the Austin, Texas, singer whose second home is in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, has a new Caribbean-flavored album, Cowboy Boots and Bathin' Suits.
	www.belizefirst.com /news98.html (5339 words)

	Belize - Political Parties
		Belize has a functioning two-party political system revolving around the PUP and the UDP.
		The group won municipal elections in Belize City in the 1940s by addressing national issues and criticizing the colonial regime.
		The PUP swept the 1954 election, the first one to be held after the introduction of full literate adult suffrage, easily defeating the National Party, a rival sponsored by the colonial government.
	countrystudies.us /belize/76.htm (905 words)

	Belize's Amandala Online: Belize news, news on Belize, Belize newspapers, Belize, Belize, Belize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Where national politics is concerned, however, the election has to be viewed in the context of the approaching national Town Board elections, scheduled for next March/April, elections which will be viewed as a litmus test for the general elections, which are scheduled by August of 2003.
		Local elections in Belize, also referred to as municipal elections, hold an extra interest for the smart/big money which invests in the general elections.
		Margie, a distant cousin of mine who had met Guy when he was in Belize in 1967, told me that she had seen Guy in Washington, that he was working with the government of Zimbabwe.
	www.belizemall.com /amandala/archives/march_10_2002.html (4523 words)

	Government :: Belize : Gourt
		Belize Agricultural Health Authority - Describes animal health, food safety, and inspection and quarantine programs, with information on organizational structure.
		Belize Police - Describes community outreach activities, with most wanted list and a very detailed history of public safety since the 15th century.
		Belize Social Security Board - Fund financed by contributions made by the workers and their employers provides retirement, survivors, and maternity benefits, funeral grants, and workman's compensation.
	regional.gourt.com /Central-America/Belize/Government.html (640 words)

	BELIZE: parliamentary elections (House of Representatives, 2003)
		Elections were held for all the seats in the House of Representatives on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.
		Elections were to be held by August 2003, but Prime Minister called them earlier.
		Key issues in the election campaign included the country's deteriorating school system, unemployment, housing shortages, and a murder rate that had doubled largely due to increased drug smuggling.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2031_03.htm (366 words)

	Lijphart Elections Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Lijphart Elections Archive is a static research collection of district level election results for approximately 350 national legislative elections in 26 countries that was maintained through 2003.
		This was the origin of the Elections Archive in the University Library of the University of California, San Diego.
		The objective of the Archive is to systematically collect election statistics in as much detail as possible, including, as a minimum, the results at the level of the individual election districts in which votes are converted into seats.
	dodgson.ucsd.edu /lij (208 words)

	Belize Newspapers, Radio and Television Stations.
		Television entered Belize in late 1970's with VHS playback machines; broadcast of international TV signals via cable hook-up began in the early 1980's when Baymen Broadcasting began recording and airing local parades and variety shows.
		The Belize Broadcasting Authority was formed in the mid 1980's to regulate the industry.
		Although discussions on copyright legislation began in the mid 1990's, it was in 2002 that copyright legislation was introduced and local cable operators are in the process of formalizing arrangements with international networks for re-broadcasting rights.
	www.belize.com /news.html (455 words)

	CNN.com - World - Election Watch
		National Assembly: Belize's bicameral parliament, the National Assembly, is composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
		Senate: The Senate consists of 8 members appointed by the governor general for five-year terms, five on the advice of the prime minister, two on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and one on the advice of the Belize Advisory Council.
		The August 1998 elections were the fourth National Assembly elections since Belize attained independence in 1981.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/election.watch/americas/belize.html (122 words)

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		From this elegant resort there is a 360 degree beautiful view of the rolling green hills of the Maya Mountains and the Yalbac, the river valley of the Mopan River, the village of Melchor in Guatemala and the Belize River valley to the east.
		Belize's Mayan and seafaring influences are reflected in Calico Jack's design and cuisine.
		Wet Lizard Tours of Belize understands that our clients are as diverse as the beautiful country they are visiting.
	www.belizemall.com /directory.html (2392 words)

	Belize's Impending Debt Rearrangement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Under any of these scenarios it is in the best interest of the nation and people of Belize that fresh elections be held to empower a new government and give it the legitimacy required to negotiate from a position of strength with our creditors.
		The best interest of Belize dictates that elections be called now and a mandate be given to a new government before we tackle this major challenge.
		We call on the Prime Minister to call the elections now and give us a real chance to survive the apocalypse his government has caused to threaten our nation.
	www.udp.org.bz /speeches_debtrearrange.htm (404 words)

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