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	Belize HISTORY
		A settlement guaranteeing the country's independence by 1970 seemed to resolve the dispute, but rioting in British Honduras in May 1968 led to the repudiation of the agreement by both the United Kingdom and Guatemala.
		Belize's tourism industry became a mainstay of the economy in the 1980s and 1990s, growing from 64,000 tourists in 1980 to 247,000 in 1992.
		Challenges facing Belize in the late 1990s included high unemployment, a growing involvement in South American cocaine trafficking, and increased urban crime, which worsened in 1998 and 1999, prompting new gun control measures.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Americas/Belize-HISTORY.html (637 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Belize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Belize is a small nation on the eastern coast of Central America, on the Caribbean Sea bordered by Mexico to the northwest and Guatemala to the west and south.
		Belize is located between the Hondo and Sarstoon Rivers, with the Belize River flowing down in the centre of the country.
		Belize is home to the longest barrier reef in the western hemisphere and the second longest in the world after the Great Barrier Reef.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Belize (2166 words)

	Guatemala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frustrated by their inability to trade with countries other than Spain, the Guatemalan elite declared independence on September 15, 1821, although it was still part of the newly independent state of Mexico.
		Guatemala recognized Belize's independence in 1991, but their territorial dispute is not resolved.
		The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guatemala (2018 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - National holiday
		Independence Day, 16 February (1918); note - 16 February 1918 is the date of independence from German, Austrian, Prussian, and Russian occupation, 11 March 1990 is the date of independence from the Soviet Union
		Independence Day (from Spain), 12 June (1898); note - 12 June 1898 is the date of independence from Spain, 4 July 1946 is the date of independence from the US
		Independence Day Celebration, 1 June (1962); note - 1 January 1962 is the date of independence from the New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship, 1 June 1962 is the date that independence is celebrated
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2109.html (908 words)

	Chile Independence Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In addition, Mexico achieved independence on September 16, and Chile on September 18.
		An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of (Cape Verde Independence Day) Independence from Portugal in 1975.
		18 of that year, celebrated thereafter as the Chilean independence day, the Santiago town council deposed the colonial governor of Chile, delegating his powers to a council of seven.
	www.wilkinsquickguide13.info /chile-independence-day.html (461 words)

	Independence, independence, independences- WordWeb dictionary definition
		Freedom from control or influence of another or others
		"they maintained close relations with England even after independence"
		A city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail
	www.wordwebonline.com /en/INDEPENDENCE (44 words)

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