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Guatemala established relations with Belize in 1991, ten years after Belizean independence. Belize has an embassy in Guatemala City while Guatemala has an embassy in Belize City. [1] [2] The two countries have had a long-standing dispute over the territory of Belize.
Disputed territory between Belize and Guatemala There is an unresolved territorial dispute between the states of Belize (formerly known as British Honduras) and Guatemala, neighbours in Central America. During the late 1600s and throughout the 1700s, Britain and Spain signed several treaties regarding territories in the Americas. Both nations agreed that the territory of modern-day Belize was ...
See Belize–Guatemala relations Belize's principal external concern has been the dispute involving the Guatemalan claim to Belizean territory . Initially a dispute between formerly Spanish Guatemala and the United Kingdom's colony of British Honduras , Guatemala continued its claim after Belizean independence in 1981; it recognized its ...
See Belize-Guatemala relations. Guatemala has a longstanding claim to a large portion of Belize. The territorial dispute caused problems with the United Kingdom and later with Belize following its 1981 independence from the UK. In December 1989, Guatemala sponsored Belize for permanent observer status in the Organization of American States (OAS ...
A referendum on the territorial dispute with Guatemala was held in Belize on 8 May 2019. [1] Voters were asked whether the territorial dispute with neighbouring Guatemala should be referred to the International Court of Justice.
The border between Belize and Guatemala is defined in Article I of the Wyke–Aycinena Treaty of 1859: [1] [2]. Beginning at the mouth of the River Sarstoon in the Bay of Honduras, and proceeding up the mid-channel thereof to Gracias a Dios Falls; then turning to the right and continuing by a line drawn direct from Gracias a Dios Falls to Garbutt's Falls on the River Belize, and from Garbutt's ...
Pages in category "Belize–Guatemala relations" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A referendum on the territorial dispute with Belize was held in Guatemala on Sunday 15 April 2018. [1] [2] Voters were asked whether the Guatemalan government should request the International Court of Justice to resolve the territorial dispute permanently, as part of a commitment signed in December 2008 between Guatemala and Belize.