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1894- WORKERS COME HOME DURING CURRENCY DEVALUATIOM

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1894- WORKERS COME HOME DURING CURRENCY DEVALUATIOM

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1862- BRITISH HONDURAS ESTABLSIHED AS COLONY

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1862- BRITISH HONDURAS ESTABLSIHED AS COLONY

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Antonio Soberanis
formed the Labourers and Unemployed Association (LUA). organized a picket of
the B.E.C. sawmill to convince its workers to strike for more pay. On October
1, 1934 the picket turned into a riot.

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The "Masters and
Servants" laws of 1852 and 1885 were very harsh. It imposed a penalty of
three months in jail with hard labour for anyone who did not work according to
his contract.

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The 1931 Belize
hurricane was a devastating Category 4 tropical cyclone that struck British
Honduras on 10 September 1931, killing an estimated 2,500 people.

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In
late 1894 when the mahogany workers returned to Belize Town from the camps,
they felt the effects of a currency devaluation. Under the leadership of John
Alexander Tom, they rioted. They broke store windows and looted.

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In 1919, when black
Belizean servicemen returned from fighting in Europe during World War I, they
rioted to protest the unequal, racist treatment they had received while
fighting a war for the British.

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Belize finally controlled all the ministries except Foreign Affairs and Defence

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at the U.N. the only Spanish-speaking Latin
American country that supported Belize was Cuba.

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the
President of Panama, Omar Torrijos, was persuaded to support our cause. He
actively campaigned among other Latin American countries. Mexico, Venezuela,
Argentina and Peru joined the support in 1977.

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September 21 Belize
gains political Independence. George Price becomes Belize’s first Prime
Minister.

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Before 1862, the
territory was under the vice-regency of the Governor of Jamaica, and
administered by a Superintendent. In 1862 British Honduras was established as a
colony, and administered by a Lieutenant Governor, still subordinate to
Jamaica.