New developments in the Belizean–Guatemalan territorial dispute.
The Central American nation of Belize prepares to go the polls on 10 April 2019 for a referendum over a long-running border dispute with its powerful neighbour Guatemala.
The spectre of a Guatemalan military invasion has haunted Belize for much of the last century, but also served as an enemy to unify this diverse Caribbean nation of former slaves, Mayans, Mestizo and European settlers.
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