Belize Belize borders Mexico on the north, Guatemala on the west, and the Caribbean Sea on the east, with an area of 22,960 square kilometers (8,867 square miles). As of 2003, it had 266,440 inhabitants of diverse ethnicities. Its sociocultural...

CAPITAL: Belmopan FLAG: The national flag consists of the Belize coat of arms on a white disk centered in a blue rectangular field with a narrow red stripe at the top and the bottom. ANTHEM: Land of the Free. MONETARY UNIT: The Belize dollar (B$),...

Belize POPULATION 262,999 ROMAN CATHOLICISM 49.6 percent PROTESTANTISM 27.0 percent OTHER 14.0 percent NONRELIGIOUS 9.4 percent Country Overview Introduction Belize, known as British Honduras until 1973, is located on the Caribbean coast of the...

Belize (pronounced /bəˈliːz/) is the only officially English speaking country in Central America. Belize was a British colony for more than a century and was known as British Honduras until 1973. It became an independent nation within The...

A man convicted in a scheme to ship cocaine to the United States in the shoes of young people recruited as couriers was sentenced Friday to 17 years in federal prison.Duane Seawell, 34, a native of Belize, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James Graham...

Tens of thousands of tourists fled the beaches of the Mayan Riviera on Monday as monstrous Hurricane Dean roared toward the ancient ruins and modern oil installations of the Yucatan Peninsula. Mexico's state oil company, Petroleos de Mexico, said it was evacuating all of its...

Planes shuttled tourists from island resorts in a desperate airlift Monday as Hurricane Felix bore down on Honduras and Belize. But thousands of Miskito Indians were stranded along a swampy coastline where the Category 4 storm was expected to make landfall.Grupo Taca Airlines provided special...

A man convicted of helping the Taliban was found guilty and sent back to prison Thursday for violating parole by traveling to Belize with a fake Mexican passport.Judge Barbara Rothstein sentenced James Ujaama to the maximum two years in federal prison on charges that also...

Compares the nations Mexico and Belize. Examines geography, language, infrastructure and history of independence.