Belize is a small nation on the eastern coast of Central America, on the Caribbean Sea bordering Mexico to the northwest and Guatemala to the west and south.
Belize is located in between the Hondo and Sarstoon Rivers, with the Belize River flowing down in the centre of the country.
Belize is home to the longest barrier reef in the western hemisphere and the second longest in the world after the Great Barrier Reef.
Belize is a constitutional parliamentary democracy with an estimated population of 314,000.
Defendants have the right to be present at their trial unless the court determines that the opposing party has a substantiated fear for safety, and in those cases, the court can grant interim provisions that both parties be addressed individually during a five-day period.
UNICEF has also observed children crossing into Belize from Guatemala on a daily basis to work as street vendors in the urban centers of the Cayo district; often children had been told by their parents not to return until all goods were sold.
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