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	Guatemala Categoris, page 2.3
		It hosted the June 1990 Central American Economic Summit, which was attended by the Presidents of El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and--for the first time--Panama.
		In December 1989, Guatemala sponsored Belize for permanent observer status in the Organization of American States (OAS); Guatemalan President Cerezo and Belizean Prime Minister Price met twice in 1990 to discuss bilateral relations.
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	www.dirla.com /guatemala2_3.htm (1534 words)

	Guatemala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Guatemala has long claimed all or part of the territory of neighboring Belize, which used to be part of the Guatemalan Republic since Colonial times.
		The Republic of Guatemala is a country in Central America, in the south of the continent of North America, bordering both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
		From the 3rd century BCE to the 11th century CE, the lowlands area of the Petén and Izabal regions of Guatemala were the heart of the flourishing Maya civilization.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guatemala (1640 words)

	Belize - Relations with Guatemala
		In October 1990, Belize's minister of foreign affairs, Said Musa, stated that the preliminary talks on the drafting of a treaty (that would be submitted to popular referenda in both countries) had moved beyond territorial claims to questions of economic cooperation.
		Guatemala claims the treaty was never fulfilled because the road was never built, so the country nullified the cession of territory.
		The United States, however, abstained from voting on Belizean independence resolutions introduced annually in the General Assembly.
	www.countrystudies.us /belize/85.htm (894 words)

	Taiwan Yearbook 2004
		Minister of Foreign Affairs Eugene Chien led a delegation to attend the 11th Conference of Foreign Ministers of the ROC and the Central American Nations held in Belize on November 25, 2003, which was followed by the signing of a joint communiquÃ© reiterating their determination to further promote and strengthen cooperative relations.
		As a result, foreign relations are increasingly characterized by the development of multilateral institutions dedicated to economic development, peace and security, and democracy and human rights.
		The MOFA's Foreign Affairs Association has organized and sponsors a regular series of lectures and seminars to promote public interest in and awareness of international affairs.
	www.gio.gov.tw /taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/P113.htm (9273 words)

	Belize - Relations with the United States
		Belize had close and cordial relations with the United States, which was a leading trading partner and principal source of foreign investment and economic assistance.
		United States foreign policy objectives in Belize included the promotion of economic development and political stability under democratic institutions, the promotion of United States commercial interests, the suppression of narcotics trafficking, and the continuation of the marijuana eradication program.
		Since independence, Price and the PUP have charted a foreign policy that proclaimed Belize's nonalignment and affirmed the country's special relationship with the United States.
	countrystudies.us /belize/84.htm (664 words)

	Foreign relations of Guatemala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 2000 it joined Honduras and El Salvador in signing a free trade agreement with Mexico, which went into effect in 2001.
		Guatemala maintains official relations with the Republic of China (known as "Taiwan") instead of the People's Republic of China.
		In early 2000, the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry proposed a border settlement that would transfer more than half of Belize's territory to Guatemala.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Guatemala (427 words)

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	Belize - Relations with the United States
		Belize had close and cordial relations with the United States, which was a leading trading partner and principal source of foreign investment and economic assistance.
		United States foreign policy objectives in Belize included the promotion of economic development and political stability under democratic institutions, the promotion of United States commercial interests, the suppression of narcotics trafficking, and the continuation of the marijuana eradication program.
		The PUP and the UDP were in broad agreement on the country's relationship with the United States, so the PUP's defeat in 1984 did not upset ties between the United States and Belize.
	countrystudies.us /belize/84.htm (664 words)

	Radio_Havana_Cuba-9_June_2000_20:45
		PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE* RECEIVES FOREIGN MINISTER FELIPE PEREZ ROQUE Belmopan, June 9 (RHC)-- The Prime Minister of Belize, Said Musa, today received visiting Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque.
		The Cuban foreign minister told reporters in the Belicean capital that bilateral relations between the two countries have received a tremendous boost during the Musa administration.
		The Cuban minister added that there are two main economic associations on the island involved in the production of telephone equipment and both are associated with firms from Italy and China.
	www.radiohc.org /Distributions/Radio_Havana_English/.2000/2000_jun/Radio_Havana_Cuba-9_June_2000_20:45 (1161 words)

	Belize
		Belize - Belize Profile: People, History, Government, Political Conditions, Economy, National Security, Foreign Relations, U.S.-Belizean Relations
		Belize is situated on the Caribbean Sea, south of Mexico and east and north of Guatemala in Central America.
		Guatemalan squatters continue to settle in the largely uninhabited rain forests of Belize's border region; OAS is attempting to revive the 2002 failed Differendum that created a small adjustment to land boundary, a Guatemalan maritime corridor in Caribbean, joint ecological park for disputed Sapodilla Cays, and substantial US-UK financial package.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107333.html (622 words)

	Foreign Military Training Report FY 1999 and 2000
		Belize is a democratic nation that has a good bilateral relationship with the U.S. We have encouraged the military of Belize to participate more actively in counternarcotics efforts and other multilateral efforts.
		Bilateral military assistance has been appropriately reduced since the end of the civil war in 1992, and overall relations have flourished with the civilian government.
		Training in civil-military relations and the rule of law and discipline in military operations and participation at the CHDS help reinforce the principles of civilian control of the military and reinforces the principles of human rights.
	www.fas.org /ASMP/campaigns/training/fpo_wha_a2g.html (622 words)

	STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER ON BELIZE-GUATEMALA RELATIONS
		Gladys Maritiza Ruiz de Vielman wrote to the Secretary General of the United Nations and to the then Foreign Minister of Belize the Honourable Dean Barrow re-asserting the claim.
		On the 3rd February, 2000 Vice Minister Rafael Salazar (former Guatemalan Ambassador to Belize) spoke to the Guatemalan Press in an inflammatory manner asserting Guatemala's claim to Belizean territory.
		Gabriel Orellana Rojas sending him an official report of the incident which pointed out that the BDF patrol was fired upon by a group of 8 armed men whilst they were on patrol to check for illegal cultivation of marijuana, illegal farming and illegal logging in the reserve.
	www.belize.gov.bz /features/misc_speeches/pm_on_guat_issue.html (820 words)

	rhc-eng-02.09.99
		CUBA: OBSERVER IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR NEW LOME CONVENTION Dakar, February 9(RHC)-- Cuba considers the Lome Convention between the European Union and the countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific to be the best example of North- South relations, according to the island's Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrisas.
		According to the Cuban foreign trade minister, the island's entrance into the Lome Convention would be an immediate benefit to the effective integration of its economy into the world market.
		Seventy-eight students from Belize have graduated in Cuba in the field of industrial design.
	www.radiohc.org /Distributions/Radio_Havana_English/.1999/99_feb/rhc-eng-02.09.99 (829 words)

	Country Commercial Guide FY2002: Belize
		The Belize Investment Guide states that foreign investors are required to register any investments made in Belize with the Central Bank of Belize to facilitate the repatriation of profits, dividends, etc. The GOB allows companies with proper documentation to go directly to the commercial banks to request foreign exchange.
		Belize is a parliamentary democracy on the Westminster model and is a member of the Commonwealth.
		The national assembly consists of a House of Representatives and a Senate.
	www.world-digest.com /Guides/bh (829 words)

	Politics
		Belize has established strong trade relations as well as diplomatic ties to foreign states to ensure its own prosperity.
		Belize gained its independence from Britain on September 21, 1981, and the Constitution of Belize was born with this newly autonomous state.
		Eight Caribbean leaders (Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago) met in Kingston, Jamaica on June 9, 2003 to ratify a treaty establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
	www.uvm.edu /~afaith/hst164/politics.html (1036 words)

	Belize - Relations with Guatemala
		In October 1990, Belize's minister of foreign affairs, Said Musa, stated that the preliminary talks on the drafting of a treaty (that would be submitted to popular referenda in both countries) had moved beyond territorial claims to questions of economic cooperation.
		On August 14, 1991, Guatemalan President Jorge Serrano Elías acknowledged that Belize was recognized internationally, recognized the right of the Belizean people to self-determination, and stated his willingness to settle the dispute, all without dropping Guatemala's territorial claim.
		Building on support within the Nonaligned Movement, Belize gradually won broad support in the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN).
	countrystudies.us /belize/85.htm (894 words)

	Belize Foreign Military Relations - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		Belize was not a signatory to any multilateral defense treaties as of 1991.
		This battalion was rotated through Belize at regular intervals, usually of six months, and was then replaced by another battalion.
		Belize had bilateral defense treaties with Britain, the United States and Canada.
	www.photius.com /countries/belize/national_security/belize_national_security_foreign_military_rel~722.html (894 words)

	Belize - Relations with the United States
		Belize had close and cordial relations with the United States, which was a leading trading partner and principal source of foreign investment and economic assistance.
		While recognizing Britain as Belize's primary supplier of military aid, the United States sought cooperative military relations with Belize and the development of an apolitical professional military capable of performing defense and counternarcotics functions.
		Belize was a beneficiary of the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), under which the United States permits duty-free access to United States markets for imports from most Caribbean Basin countries.
	www.countrystudies.us /belize/84.htm (894 words)

	Belize's First Prime Minister George Price
		Prime Minister, Said Musa, along with Ambassador, Eamon Courtenay, and Lawrence Sylvestre, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represented Belize at the CARICOM Summit.
		In accepting the award, Senior Minister Price said that the honor of the Caribbean Community is also an honor for the people of Belize, and that CARICOM has had much importance in the history of Belize.
		The Award to the Senior Minister and Father of the Nation, George Price, is the highest tribute the Community can pay not only to the recipient but also to his country Belize, a Central American Nation in the Caribbean.
	bleaseswebworld.com /gprice.html (959 words)

	Honduras This Week Central America
		The list of those attending the meeting includes the prime ministers of Barbados, Belize, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, the president of Guyana, and the finance and agricultural ministers from a number of Caribbean nations.
		The conference, hosted by the nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations, convened 200 Latin and U.S. leaders from the business, investment, policy, academic, and NGO communities to grapple with the fundamental choices that must be made by Latin American countries -- and the United States -- if progress in the hemisphere is to be maintained.
		Speakers included Chile's President Ricardo Lagos, former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, Mexico's Energy Minister Luis Tellez Kuenzler, and William McDonough, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
	www.marrder.com /htw/jun2000/central.htm (5651 words)

	economy
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		BelizeEconomy and GovernmentAlthough only a small fraction of the land is cultivated, agriculture provides about 75% of Belize's exports, the chief of which are sugar, citrus fruits, and fish.
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	www.all-belize.com /economy (5651 words)

	government
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		Links to help you plan and arrange your vacation in Belize, from choosing a hotel to renting a car to visiting a nature preserve or just finding a great place for dinner.
	www.all-belize.com /government (5651 words)

	GeographyIQ - World Atlas - North America - Guatemala - Foreign Relations
		Guatemala has a longstanding claim to a large portion of Belize; the territorial dispute caused problems with the United Kingdom and later with Belize following its 1981 independence from the U.K. In December 1989, Guatemala sponsored Belize for permanent observer status in the Organization of American States (OAS).
		Guatemala also originated the idea for, and is the seat of, the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN).
		Guatemala's major diplomatic interests are regional security and, increasingly, regional development and economic integration.
	www.geographyiq.com /countries/gt/Guatemala_relations_summary.htm (5651 words)

	TRATADOS Y ACUERDOS
		The Settlement of Honduras (Belize) being a Settlement under Treaty within the Territory and Jurisdiction of a Foreign Power is not to be considered in the nature of a Colony and it is governed by no Regular Charter but by Regulations admitted by consent of the settlers who manage their concerns under this authority.
		In regard to Belize proper, confined within its legitimate boundaries, under the treaties of 1783 and 1786, and limited to the usufruct specified in these treaties, it is necessary to say but a few words.
		In conclusion, the Government of the United States most cordially and earnestly unite in the desire expressed by "Her Majesty's Government, not only to maintain the convention of 1850 intact, but to consolidate and strengthen it by strengthening and consolidating the friendly relations which it was calculated to cement and perpetuate".
	www.minex.gob.gt /libroblancoing/blaing09.htm (5651 words)

	State Visit from the President of Dominican Republic
		The President of the Dominican Republic was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Relations, Doctor Hugo Tolentino Dipp, other high officials of the Dominican Government and businessmen.
		At the end of his Official Visit to Belize, President Hipolito Mejia expressed to Prime Minister Said Musa his gratitude for the cordiality and hospitality offered to him and the members of his Delegation by the Government and People of Belize.
		The Prime Minister and President considered that the honouring of continuous external debt payments constitute an obstacle for the economic and social development of their people; whereby to meet the desired international goals of social justice, a great portion of the national budget is designated to fulfilling these commitments.
	www.belize.gov.bz /features/dominican_president/pres.html (1758 words)

	Press Office
		The Holy See and the Bishops of both countries will continue to work so that the ideals of peace and reconciliation prevail in the relations between the peoples of Belize and Guatemala, and thus favour the social and material development of these Nations and of the Region.
		Secretary of State to His Holiness John Paul II, met with the Foreign Ministers of Belize and Guatemala
		The Cardinal – Secretary of State assured the Ministers of the Holy Father’s interest that an equitable, definitive, and satisfactory solution be reached by both parties.
	www.belize.gov.bz /pressoffice/press_releases/31-07-2002-2129.shtml (1758 words)

	Countries T
		Currently, Taiwan has diplomatic relations with 26 countries (Belize, Burkina Faso, Chad, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, The Gambia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Kiribati, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Nicaragua, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, Tuvalu, Vatican City).
		The People's Republic of China replaced Taiwan in the UN on 15 Nov 1971; the U.S. switched recognition from Taiwan to the People's Republic on 1 Jan 1979.
		Note: Names are given in Wade-Giles transliteration or in the specific form some persons have adopted for foreign use.
	rulers.org /rult.html (1758 words)

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