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By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant

In my articles I try to point out and describe to readers, both inside and outside of Belize, the many responsibilities as well as the essential needs of educators, students, parents, and the community/country at large. The bottom line and ultimate goal of [...]

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By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant

In previous articles I pointed out that presently many of our people in Belize are struggling, day in and day out, to survive ever-increasing hard times.  However, as pitiful and miserable as our current violent situations may be, positive change for the better [...]

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By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant

In a previous article I pointed out that in 2013 (too) many people in Belize are struggling, day in and day out, and trying to survive ever-increasing “hard times”. During these very difficult times life gets harder and harder with each passing day. [...]

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EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES

On February 26, 2013 By

We want to apologize for an incorrectly posted version of this article. This is the Original article that should have been posted.

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant

Today, in 2013, (too) many people in Belize are struggling through “hard times”.  These difficult times specifically include: never-before-seen high unemployment [...]

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Have you ever wondered which Immigrant group has the most population in Belize? We did, and here are the numbers that answer that question.

Population by Urban/Rural, Sex and Country of Birth: 1991 and 2000 1991 Total Urban Rural Total % Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 185,970 100 93,968 92,002 87,327 [...]

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Colonial Rivalry Between Spain and Britain

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Spain tried to maintain a monopoly on trade and colonization in its New World colonies, but northern European powers were increasingly attracted to the region by the potential for trade and settlement. These powers resorted to smuggling, piracy, and war in their efforts [...]

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By Martin Hutchinson

Aug 20 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Belize is trying to force a debt restructuring. The 330,000-strong Caribbean nation’s government has said it can’t make a $23 million debt payment due on Monday. The country is more or less solvent, but its cash is precious and its debt expensive. Foreign creditors have limited leverage, [...]

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By Martin Hutchinson

Aug 20 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Belize is trying to force a debt restructuring. The 330,000-strong Caribbean nation’s government has said it can’t make a $23 million debt payment due on Monday. The country is more or less solvent, but its cash is precious and its debt expensive. Foreign creditors have limited leverage, [...]

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Published on August 7, 2012
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — Some 6.5 million citizens in 28 nations are no longer illiterate thanks to the Cuban literacy program known as “Yes, I Can.” The figure surpasses all statistics reported by other similar programs implemented thus far around the world.

The statement was made by the head of [...]

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By John Rozel Cuthbert
Oft have I lain in those dear days of old
And watched the sunlight play with wanton glee
Among the palm fronds, and, with beams of gold,
Make a myriad twinkles on a dimpling sea.

The waving music of the palms aloft,
The long blue rollers [...]

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By John Rozel Cuthbert
Oft have I lain in those dear days of old
And watched the sunlight play with wanton glee
Among the palm fronds, and, with beams of gold,
Make a myriad twinkles on a dimpling sea.

The waving music of the palms aloft,
The long blue rollers [...]

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02-03-12 Institute for the Study of the Americas

Caribbean Seminar Series: Decriminalising Homosexuality In The Caribbean: The Belize Case In Commonwealth Perspective And Beyond

Speakers:
Lord Goldsmith QC of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, former UK Attorney General, leads the legal team representing the Human Dignity Trust, the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, and the International Commission [...]

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Feb. 9: A new report out on the Mesoamerica Reef finds that despite some improvements, more needs to be done to protect the region’s coral reefs. Msnbc.com’s Dara Brown reports.

Related articles Will Coral Reefs be Gone by the End of the Century? [Greg Laden's Blog] (scienceblogs.com) Lawsuit Aims to Protect Endangered [...]

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Long ago scores of real pirates plied their brutal trade in the temperate waters of the Caribbean Ocean. In the 1600s and 1700s, Captain Henry Morgan, Blackbeard, Calico Jack Rackham, Ann Bonny, Mary Read, and Black Bart were among the infamous pirates whose crews lied in wait to violently raid the merchant ships of various [...]

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Joint Assembly of the Convention concluded between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community (ACP-EU) – Resolution on the question of Belize

RESOLUTION(1)

on the question of Belize

The ACP-EU Joint Assembly,

- meeting in Abuja (Nigeria) from 20-23 March 2000,

- having considered the question of Belize,

A. recalling United Nations [...]

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