I went with my friend and writer Rick Moguel to visit Jesus Ken in Succotz, Cayo. It was an immersive experience. I remember thinking of those St. John’s College students who staged, for a history project, a cañero rebellion in the context of the moment we call in Belize, the Cañeros Movement . All the […]
This collection of letters offers a window into the mind and actions of George Cadle Price, the Father of the Nation and a Belizean National Hero. Born on 15 January 1919, Price dedicated his life to leading the country from colonial rule to self-government and independence. Price’s life was marked by a deep commitment to
The road to Independence generally followed the course taken by other British colonies in the Caribbean up to the early 1960’s, but since then it has been distorted by a peculiar circumstance, the unfounded claim of Guatemala to the territory of Belize -a claim that has bred national disunity and seriously warped the political, social
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Fr. Dick Pearl, sj who served in Belize for many decades with the Jesuits of Belize captured the celebrations of our Independence Day September 21st, 1981 with scenes mainly on Albert and Regent Streets. All 1981 Dick Pearl Collection
