date: Wed Oct 29 2:50:49 2014 / +0000 GMT Poverty in Belize Dear Editor‚ Poverty in Belize is a growing concern‚ and if Belizeans continue to ignore this problem‚ it will progressively increase. The last thing we would want in this country is to observe our country‚ “Mother Nature’s best kept secret‚” have a poverty-rate to rival Haiti. Sixty-five percent of Haiti’s population live in poverty. The Government of Belize is not debating strategies to tackle poverty‚ yet they
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Crime Situation in Belize Belize has a bad reputation for crime‚ but while it’s true that Belize City has a relatively high crime rate‚ it certainly doesn’t lie up to some of the stories you might hear‚ while crime against tourists in the country as a whole is very low‚ especially in comparison to other Central American countries. Violent crime against tourists is very rare‚ even in Belize City. In Belize City‚ theft is now fairly common‚ the majority of cases involving break-ins at hotels: bear
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Crime in Belize: We start off by defining crime. What is crime? A crime occurs when someone breaks the law by an overt act‚ omission or neglect that can result in punishment. A person who has violated a law‚ or has breached a rule‚ is said to have committed a criminal offense. There are two main categories of crime: property crime and violent crime: Property Crimes: A property crime is committed when someone damages‚ destroys or steals someone else ’s property‚ such as stealing
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“Battle of St. George’s Caye” Over the centuries‚ there has been a lingering debate on whether the ‘Battle’ of St. George’s Caye actually occurred. We all know that the British conquered the Spaniards for Belize on the 10th of September 1798 because we have learnt it from childhood but there are speculations if whether there was an actual physical fight or there was non. There are two myths: One that the British defeated the Spaniards in a gruesome fight at sea and the other that the Spaniards
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Crime in Belize Analyse the current crime situation in Belize‚ draw your views on experience‚ perspective and observation. Support your report with additional research information. Review relating newspaper articles‚ education journals etc. to support your case. The Crime situation in Belize: Criminal activity of any nature has been on the increase in our country. With a population of approximately 312‚698 persons (Statistical Institute of belize‚ 2010) Belize has a total of 2‚766 crimes
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Belizean History September 13‚ 2014 Mr. Paul Kelly A history of Belize: The theory behind the Maya existence is said that they have branched out North in to Europe and Asia. Travelling in a consecutive sequence‚ from Asia they crossed the Bering Strait into the North Americas then moved South. Today‚ Maya’s can be found in Southern Mexico‚ Guatemala‚ Belize‚ Western Honduras and El Salvador. Majority of them were still living in Belize during the 16th century when the Europeans dominated. The first
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Introduction to Belizean History 1014 Sec 5 Mr. Sampson The Belize Guatemala Dispute The Belize-Guatemala Territorial Dispute Is an unresolved bi-national territorial dispute between the state of Belize and Guatemala‚ neighbors in Central America. Belize or Belizean- controlled territory has been claimed in whole or in part by Guatemala since 1940. Now in 2013 they plan to claim Belize again. “British Honduras faced two obstacles to independence: British reluctance until the early 1960s to
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____________________________ ABSTRACT: This paper is about Guatemala´s claim to the territory of Belize and the recent decision by the governments of both countries to submit the claim to the International Court of Justice for final binding adjudication and for delimiting their respective land and maritime borders. It gives a short history of the claim and describes efforts by Britain and Belize to resolve the dispute‚ Belize´s attainment of independence in 1981 and subsequent attempts to end the dispute. The
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Leonard Benjamin Carmelita Blanco Nair Castillo Shavoney Flowers Elma Arzu May 11‚ 2011 Impacts of Immigrants in Belize Immigrants are generally understood to be persons who leave their country to settle in another counter usually for permanent residence. These people are sometimes referred to as aliens; these are persons who do not owe allegiance to their country. Allegiance is a form of fidelity said to be shown by the part of a citizen to his/her state. In contrast if the immigrant does
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