This is the official view of the environmental group Global Response, which insists when the government of Belize gave its permission for Texas-based oil company, U.S. Capital Energy, to conduct ...

Matt Ruhl, S.J., poses with local schoolchildren following a morning Mass in the Toledo District. (Photo courtesy of Mike Johnson) Matt Ruhl, S.J., the pastor of St. Peter Claver Parish in Punta Gorda ...

Repeating Islands reports on a landmark court ruling “in favor of 38 Mayan Communities in the Toledo District”, which confirms their rights to the land surrounding their communities. Global Voices ...

Nim li Punit is a small Classic Maya (ca. A.D. 150–830) center of Toledo District, Belize. Here I describe excavations of two buildings within the royal palace group: Structures 7 and 8. Structure 8 ...

Colorado Law’s Maya Land Rights and Development Project works with Belizean indigenous organizations to secure Maya customary land tenure and promote sustainable economic development opportunities for ...