Belize

  Belize, a country filled with the bright cultures, white sandy beaches and the people. Belize is located in Central America, on the border of north of Mexico, west of Guatemala and east and south of the Caribbean. Belize was formally called British Honduras after winning their independence in 1981. Belize was once apart of the Mayan Empire, Spain Empire and the British Empire before gaining their independence. Belize’s capital city is [|Belmopan]. Even though there are many languages spoken in Belize Spanish and Kriol, but the coolest part about it is that Belize is the only country that has English as their official language. But the sad part is that Belize is the least popular country in Latin America for its non-island nations for Europeans. 

History No one is that clear to find out what the meaning of Belize is but people say that the Mayans who were the originals of Belize say that Belize means Muddy Water directing it to the Belize River. The Mayan civilization began in the 1500 BC in Belize and ended at AD 900. The European leaders come in around the 1500’s and settled where the Mayans were living. Even though the Europeans came, the Mayans still stayed at their area and occupied their area. The Spanish did try to get the whole land but, the mayans rebelled and fought. Later, the scottish and the british pirates came to Belize in 1638 to fight and occupy the Spanish to get their belongings. But later, the pirates began to cut wood and later the Spanish exchanged the wood and the land to end their piracy. By, 1989, the Britains let Belize ( British Honduras) to get their own goverment and by September 21, 1981, Belize finally got fully independence by George Price ( the independent leader) which the Guatamalas' still rejected.