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  2. 1954 British Honduras general election - Wikipedia

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    Belize North 2,474 People's United Party: George Price: 75.0 Independent John Smith 25.0 Belize Rural 1,445 People's United Party: Herman Jex: 51.8 Independent Fred Hunter 39.0 National Party: MBL Wilson 9.3 Belize South 1,854 People's United Party: Phillip Goldson: 52.7 National Party: Herbert Fuller 47.3 Belize West 2,626 People's United ...

  3. The Nationalist Movement (Belize) - Wikipedia

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    The poor economic and social conditions of many people living in Belize in the 1950s encouraged them to think about self-government and independence, thus strengthening the nationalist movement. [5] The administrators of the colony created a new party financed by the Belize Estate and Produce Company. When declaring a state of emergency, force ...

  4. People's United Party - Wikipedia

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    The PUP was founded in 1950 out of the Nationalist Movement, as an anti-colonial party while the country was ruled by the United Kingdom as British Honduras.Under George Cadle Price the PUP played a major role in negotiating Belize's self-government in 1964 and eventual independence in 1981.

  5. British Honduras - Wikipedia

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    British Honduras was a Crown colony on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, from 1783 to 1964, then a self-governing colony, renamed Belize in June 1973, [3] until September 1981, when it gained full independence as Belize.

  6. List of years in Belize - Wikipedia

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  7. History of Belize - Wikipedia

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    The history of Belize dates back thousands of years. The Maya civilization spread into the area of Belize between 1500 BC to 1200 BC and flourished until about 1000 AD. Several Maya ruin sites, including Cahal Pech , Caracol , Lamanai , Lubaantun , Altun Ha , and Xunantunich reflect the advanced civilization and much denser population of that ...

  8. 1954 - Wikipedia

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    1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1954th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 954th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1950s decade.

  9. History of Central America - Wikipedia

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    The provinces shortly after became their own separate republican nations, of which we are more familiar with today and eventually Panama and Belize came to be seen as part of what we know today as "Central America." Tensions among the different nations, however, continued to grow more aggressive throughout the rest of the 19th century.