1859 - Britain and Guatemala sign treaty defining border with Belize. 1862 - Belize formally declared a British crown colony and named British Honduras. 1893 - Mexico renounces claim to Belizean ...

In 1862, Belize became the colony British Honduras, with its current boundaries dictated by an 1859 treaty with Guatemala. Mexico dropped its claim to Belize in 1897. Although Belize gained its ...

1859 - Britain and Guatemala sign treaty defining border with Belize. 1862 - Belize formally declared a British crown colony and named British Honduras. 1893 - Mexico renounces claim to Belizean ...

In 1939, Guatemala pulled out of a border treaty for the area it had signed with Britain, and aggressively advanced its claim, including drawing up plans to invade Belize in the 1970s, massing ...

Jeering at Guatemala’s army, the paper had asked why it did not “occupy Belize and show that Guatemalan soldiers were useful for more than parades.” Though President Juan José Arévalo ...

The government of Belize has ramped up its efforts to extend the Maya Train, one of Mexico's most ambitious infrastructure projects, all the way to Guatemala. According to Belizean Prime Minister ...

1859 - Britain and Guatemala sign treaty defining border with Belize. 1862 - Belize formally declared a British crown colony and named British Honduras. 1893 - Mexico renounces claim to Belizean ...