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Belize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Belize is a small nation on the eastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean Sea bordered by Mexico to the northwest, Guatemala to the west and south, and Honduras 75 km away (47 miles) across the Gulf of Honduras to the east. 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 stemming approximately 200 miles (322 km) and the second longest in the world after the Great Barrier Reef. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belize   (2169 words)

Belize - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article 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 home to the longest barrier reef in the western hemisphere and the second longest in the world after the Great Barrier Reef. Belizean Creole (in Belize this is spelled Kriol) is spoken by at least 70% of the population. www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/b/e/l/Belize.html   (1596 words)

Belize Belize argued that Guatemala frustrated the country's legitimate aspirations to independence and that Guatemala was pushing an irrelevant claim and disguising its own colonial ambitions by trying to present the dispute as an effort to recover territory lost to a colonial power. Belize was no longer the intense battleground between competing missionary denominations that it had been in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Belize might appear to be the archetypical postcolonial "plural society," a mosaic of discrete cultural groups with their own value systems and institutional forms, joined together only by the forces of the marketplace and coercive authority. www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/belize/all.html   (18110 words)

Website of the Belize Tourism Board Belize is a country of various cultures, languages, and ethnic groups. November 19th is a national holiday in Belize to commemorate the arrival of the Garifuna to Belize. Belize was the home of the earliest Maya settlements as proven by glyph translations and diggings. www.travelbelize.org /cult.html   (985 words)

Belize Belize is the most sparsely populated nation in Central America; it is larger than El Salvador and compares in size to the state of Massachusetts. Belize is a parliamentary democracy on the Westminster model and is a member of the Commonwealth. Because Belize's economic growth and accompanying democratic political stability are important U.S. objectives in a region successfully emerging from a prolonged period of civil strife, Belize benefits from the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Initiative. www.onlinelearning.net /instructors/smurr/LatAm/MxCen/belize.html   (4922 words)

The Belize Virtual Guide - Belize City - Districts Tour Belize City has a very unfortunate history, as the city was devastated by fires in 1804,1806 and 1856 as well as by epidemics of yellow fever, smallpox and cholera. The Fort George Lighthouse, located at the entrance to the Belize Harbor, was once a fort and was separated from the rest of the city by a creek. While Belize City is the largest city in the country, as well as the commercial and social hub of Belize, there is another town within the Belize District which is the tourist center for the country. www.travelbelize.org /german/html/guide/di/di05.html   (829 words)

Magnum Belize Tours, Belize Experts in Travel to Belize - The different areas and destinations of Belize Located on the Belize River, next to the swing bridge, is the Maritime Museum, which introduces visitors to a history of Belize's fishing and boat building industries. The Bliss Institute in Belize City is the cultural center of Belize, and the National Handicraft Center is an outlet for crafts. Belize is often referred to as "Mother Nature's Best Kept Secret." And the Toledo District just might be the best kept secret within the country itself. www.magnumbelize.com /areas.html   (1605 words)

Native American   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) As recently as the 1970s, the Bureau of Indian Affairs was still actively pursuing a policy of "assimilation" http://www.doiu.nbc.gov/orientation/bia2.cfm, the goal of which was to eliminate the reservations and steer Indians into mainstream U.S. culture. It is a syncretistic church incorporating elements of Native spiritual practice from a number of different tribes as well as symbolic elements from Christianity. The terms Indian or American Indian were born of the misconception by Christopher Columbus that the Caribbean islands were the islands in Southeast Asia known to Europeans as the Indies. native-american.iqnaut.net   (4783 words)

S & L Travel and Tours Of its 220,000 people, Belize is considered a "melting pot" because it is home to so many different races and cultures: East Indian, Creole, Mestizo, Garifuna, Spanish, Mayan, Lebanese, Mennonites and the Chinese. There is so much to see and do in Belize that you could visit us every year for the rest of your life and never run out of those “special” travel experiences that is Belize. Day trips, originating either in Belize City or in San Ignacio, are available to areas such as the Mountain Pine Ridge and its waterfalls, rapids and caves, as well as the spectacular Mayan ruins of Xunantunich. www.sltravelbelize.com /discover.html   (1318 words)

History of Excavations Archaeological excavations began at Lamanai in 1974 under the direction of David Pendergast, who was then a curator in the Department of New World Archaeology at the ROM and is now the museum's Vice President for Collections and Research. In 1979, after her term as Archaeological Commissioner in Belize, Elizabeth Graham joined Dr. Pendergast at Lamanai, where excavations continued until 1986. The Department of Archaeology in Belize continues to improve tourist facilities on site and is also continuing consolidation and reconstruction of buildings in the site centre. www.yorku.ca /anthro/Belize/history.html   (966 words)

Belize Pen Pals and Penfriends Belize is a small nation in Central America, on the Caribbean Sea bordering Mexico to the northwest and Guatemala to the west and south. Belize was formerly known as British Honduras and the current name is derived from Belize City and the Belize River. Belize City is the country's only city, as well as the principal port and its former capital. penpalsite.com /belize-penpals.htm   (693 words)

The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background Established as a territory of the UK in 1965, a number of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) islands were transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976. Democratic rule was interrupted by two military coups in 1987, caused by concern over a government perceived as dominated by the Indian community (descendants of contract laborers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century). The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, but larger than the Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean). www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2028.html   (15451 words)

History of Belize - Chapter 7 So in Belize, a land scarcity is only possible if people are excluded from the ownership of land. When Superintendent George Arthur came to Belize in 1814, he was surprised at the "monopoly on the part of the monied cutters". The effect of this was still visible in Belize until the 1960's when most of the Crown Lands were south of the Sibun River. www.belizenet.com /history/chap7.html   (1506 words)

Belize Report: Belize Lodging; Lamanai Outpost Lodge, Orange Walk District One of the best birding locations in Belize, the lodge is in the midst of five distinct habitats which are home to over 300 species. This recommended method includes transfers from Belize City, which can be arranged with the lodge, beginning with a road trip to the village of Shipyard, from where you complete the journey by boat via the New River. Charters can be arranged, on request, from Belize City or other locations in the country, to the airstrip about a mile from the lodge. www.belizereport.com /lodging/lamanai/index.html   (885 words)

ICT [2003/12/30]  Peruvian proposes partnerships of indigenous peoples Witnessing his mother who was sobbing in the house after her beautiful clothes were deliberately splattered by thrown mud and water, Jos￩ Z￡rate, now 50, still recalls his first experience with racism in his native Peru. Any jobs offered to the locals, re: Indians, at best are token positions that have done nothing to alleviate the widespread poverty nor construct the necessary infrastructure to provide hope for the future. Returning to his homeland able to assist in raising the status of his fellow Indian brethren was a humbling experience. www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1072818202   (1100 words)

Welcome! Belize Elections & Boundaries Department. The new municipality called the Town of Belize was situated two miles from the Court House.  The word Belize when not preceded by “Town of” meant the Town of Belize including Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker and St. George’s Caye. In 1963 Belize gained full internal self-government.  This was the final formal step before independence.  The significance of self-government was that responsibility for certain internal affairs of the country were finally in the control of the elected members.  However, the Governor was still in charge of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Internal Security and Civil Service. After nearly 200 years of British rule, September 21, 1981 heralded the independence of Belize.  There was a new Constitution in the horizon, a Belize Constitution. www.belize-elections.org /select_leaders.htm   (1575 words)

India Religious / Pilgrim Tour packages to Potta-Divine Retreat centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Since 1950, the Indian Vincentian Fathers have been fulfilling this mission through the Vincentian Renewal Movement, and the various charitable programmes for the sick, the abandoned children, the down trodden and the marginalized. The Charism of healing is exercised in the context of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. The grace of these seven Sacraments instituted by Christ as signs of salvation and entrusted to the Church, is experienced afresh in the action of the Holy Spirit for the renewal of Christian commitment. www.indianvoyages.com /tour_packages/religious_tour/divine_retreat.php   (3418 words)

BELIZE FIRST: VOLUME III, NO. 1 Page 10   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Some units do not have A/C. The bar is one of the best in Belize, a thatched job right on the water with plenty of sea breezes (except when the rains come in summer, when the breezes usually stop). Programme for Belize hopes to achieve economic self- sufficiency by the year 2000, and lodging visitors is one way to do it. Programme for Belize is a Belizean non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of the natural heritage of Belize and the wise use of the topical forest. www.belizefirst.com /prevar1i.html   (2724 words)

CSG Newsletter 212 - pp. 8-12   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) With development of wetland areas occurring at a rapid pace in Belize (especially Belize City and San Pedro) and with crocodiles being fed regularly (either deliberately or through the disposal of seafood and slaughterhouse offal), crocodile attacks on humans and pets have increased in Belize City, Orange Walk, San Pedro and Dangriga in recent months. In San Pedro, as in Belize City, finger canals, small ponds, and lagoons are created in the mangrove swamps for fill and to aid drainage. Although initially Belize may want assistance from outside the country, eventually the capacity to perform these activities should be developed within the country. www.flmnh.ufl.edu /natsci/HERPETOLOGY/NEWSLETTER/news212p8-12.htm   (2602 words)

Port Loyola Calvary Chapel | The Garifuna are a people group that live along the sea in southern Belize. They are descendants of a group of slaves that crashed on St. Vincent and intermarried with the Amerindians. There are also Lebanese and Indian merchants as well as a large contingent of Chinese and Taiwanese shopkeepers. www.calvarychapelbelizecity.com   (667 words)

Lamanai | Belize Sights & Activities | Fodor's Online Travel Guide Lamanai's residents carried on a lifestyle that was passed down for millennia, until the Spanish missionaries arrived. You can still see the ruins of the missionaries' church in the nearby village of Indian Church. The most impressive is the largest Preclassic structure in Belize -- a massive, stepped temple built into the hillside overlooking the river. www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=belize@26&cur_section=sig&property_id=1985   (471 words)

Dr. Charles Clark Bolland, O.N. "History from the Ancient Maya to the 1930s" in Belize: A New Nation in Central America. "Ethnicity in Southern Belize." Colombia, MO: University of Missouri. "Milpa weeds of the cayo district, Belize (British Honduras)". www.humboldt.edu /~storage/Clark/Belize_bibliography.html   (368 words)

Lamanai: Indian Church (#b1_055)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Castells' description of the church was, unhappily, the basis for Thompson's mention of a structure with round portal columns at the site, possibly reflecting Central Mexican influence in Western Belize. Though the church had been the source of some confusion, its presence demonstrated that Lamanai was inhabited in early historical times, and the possibility clearly existed that the occupation in that period represented the upper end of a continuum from the Classic (3rd to early 10th centuries A.C.) or earlier. Though the locale is generally known in Belize as Indian Church, a name apparently coined in the early 19th century, Lamanai is in fact one of the very few Maya sites for which the ancient name is recorded. mayaruins.com /lamanai/b1_055.html   (263 words)

Sportfishing Worldwide: Belize Fly Fishing - El Pescador Belize's shallow waters contain the only classic tarpon flats outside South Florida and El Pescador’s flats are world renowned for offering the opportunity to sight cast to Tarpon 12 months a year. Enjoy the animals at the Belize Zoo and then discover Belize's plant life en route to St. Herman's Cave. International airfare to/from Belize City, departure taxes, rental of fly fishing or spinning gear, flies/lures, gratuities to staff and guides, and personal expenses. www.sfww.com /index.php?level2=destinations&level3=belize&level4=elpescador   (1316 words)

The Croc Docs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Lamanai Field Research Center, Indian Church, Belize, is located on the New River Lagoon, the largest body of freshwater in Belize. Belize Audubon Society manages crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary for the Government of Belize. For U.S. scientists, Belize offers opportunities to develop new perspectives on wetland ecology, and offers an opportunity to apply the knowledge and experience from studies of the Everglades ecosystem. crocdoc.ifas.ufl.edu /index.php?croc=international   (547 words)

Lake City Church - Missions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) A Class B missionary must be a member of Lake City Church or be recognized and recommended by at least two churches in the Fellowship of Christian Assemblies, unless waived by the church Council. To be able to designate Lake City Church as their home church, a candidate must be approved by the church Council after being recommended by the Missions Committee. Lake City Church also channels its missions giving to service agencies and community programs which have reputations for integrity and stability, and whose doctrinal statements are true to the Word of God and in agreement with Lake City Church’s Statement of Faith. www.lakecitychurch.org /cms/pages.php?page_id=26   (842 words)

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Cooperatives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Belize District - Two acres of land was prepared for the planting of cocoyam and plantain in Flowers Bank and Rancho Doloros. Pepper farmers sold five hundred pounds of hot pepper to Belize Banana Gold and at the moment, a pig farmer from San Antonio village has pigs available for marketing. Belize imports over Bze $1.0 million worth of grapes every year and therefore there are great prospects for the expansion of production in Belize. www.belize.gov.bz /cabinet/d_silva/features/agri_on_the_move.html   (920 words)

Carnival in Belize City, Orange Walk and Corozal In some parts of the world, that's how carnival started; but in Belize, it was five spirited women who gave birth to the movement. That September the costumed group danced through the main streets of Belize City, inadvertently selling their show; the rest of Belize City bought into it. In the 1980s, the Belize Women for Cultural Preservation was given the task of taking a group of roughly eighty dancers www.belizeanjourneys.com /features/carnival/newsletter.html   (1139 words)

Tours around Belize   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) We visit either the Guanacaste Park or the Belize Zoo, wichever is your choice. Cave Tubing /Belize Zoo - Depart early in the morning to the western part of the country, to the exotic and mysterious report of Jaguar Paw. Depending on time of departure from the country, connect flight to the Belize City airport where you will be transfer to your departure point. www.turansa.com /paginas/tours/toursbelize.htm   (1138 words)

MissionWorks Many of their creations are purchased by volunteer groups serving in the Diocese of Belize and much needed income is generated. In addition, he still works with the crafts cooperative in Indian Church Village helping them to refine and enhance their skills. Three years ago, I couldn't have located Belize on a map and would have been horrified at the thought of being a missionary in Central America. www.episcopalchurch.org /30703_34232_ENG_Print.html   (519 words)

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