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A history of Belize
The story usually begins when the settlements began, in the 1600s. But the Maya had settlements here on Moho Caye centuries before that.And the site at Altun Ha that the Maya occupied for over 1200 years before their mysterious collapse is thought to date back to around 250 BC. Beginnings in Belize are really any bobdy's guess but since we have to start somewhere we begin at St. George's Caye.
Independence finally came in 1981 with the promulgation of a new constitution and Belize's induction into the Commonwealth as an independent state. A government based on the Westminster model was established and has been primarily a two party affair ever since.
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