Protests tied to Floridian, phone firm grow in Belize (April 29 2005)

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Protests that began over a flap over a South Floridian's ownership of Belize's major telephone company are spreading and raising concern over the government's stability.

BY JILL REPLOGLE
Special to the Herald

Street protests in Belize sparked by the controversy over a South Floridian's ownership of the country's major telephone company are causing concern over the stability of the Belizean government.

The two weeks of anti-government protests and rioting have left the Central American country of 273,000 people in what some residents call the deepest political crisis since Belize became independent from Great Britain in 1981.

Water agency workers on Thursday joined a national strike demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Said W. Musa, but nevertheless, most businesses and public offices were functioning normally. <snip>

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/11518997.htm

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1. Another one to add to my watch list. nt