Belize : My Visit Over Belize

As I mentioned above, the government is run the same way, both countries have beautiful beaches and resorts, and much more. To compare differences, if you lived in the Dominican Republic compared to the U.S., you would be 2.1% more likely to be unemployed, make 81.63% less money, be 5.8% times more likely to be murdered, use 89.61% less electricity, die 1.76 years sooner, be 16.67% more likely to have HIV/AIDS, and have 41.36% more babies- just to name a few! That’s crazy! It tells us how fortunate we are here in the states to have great nurses and doctors as well as stable jobs and good

Honduras and The Dominican Republic are said to be almost the same culture because of similarities in their cultures. Although many may think they are the same because they are both spanish speaking countries but they are actually wrong. They are so far from each other but they do have similarities like in there holidays, clothing and even in their foods. Although they have their similarities they are own unique in their own way of doing things. This differences make people proud of their culture because it's means they are different from others. They do have differences in like the way they dress, the way they celebrate and the way they prepare their food. This things make people proud of their country and the cultures it's given them. Keeping this in mind when you read the rest of the essay you will see the similarities and the differences. They are different in their own ways.

The biggest contrast would be the geographics of the two nations.Central America, Also known as “MesoAmerica”, is a region made up of seven independent nations that shares a border between the northern countries of Belize and Guatemala with Mexico. Central America is about 592,000 square kilometers across with the population of approximately 42,688,190 people. Sitting on the central tectonic plates this region has many earthquakes

The USDA claims that each year, 25.9 million tons of America’s food is thrown away, the equivalent to a quarter of the total amount produced. Nationally, the wasted food is a damaging financial setback, amounting to $1 billion just to get rid of during a time of ascending food prices, nonetheless (Oliver, 2007). Food waste has skyrocketed since 1970 at an astonishing 50% increase rate, yet according to the FAO, one-sixth of America doesn’t get enough to eat.

My mom was telling me when she was a little girl her father used to make her sit at the dinner table and eat until her plate was completely clear. She said she hated it and would often times sit there for an hour or more, crying and carrying on. She said her father’s reason for doing this was because there were starving kids over in China. She used to think to herself “if they’re so hungry over there, why don’t you send them my dinner?” I suppose it’s not until you really go without, that you have any idea how much we take food for granted. I’ve thrown out food at breakfast and lunch today. My mom brought up a good point of how much food that she buys from the grocery store that comes home, goes into the refrigerator, and a week or two later goes into the garbage. We are incredibly wasteful. We both though it was very cool that, in the second video, at least that person had a chance to come in and pick through the scraps and bring them to people who were in need. So often in America we don’t want our table scraps, but we don’t want anyone else to have them

We were not actually discussing the issue of food waste but were talking about the amount of food families in different countries consume in a week. In order to make it clear my professor showed us pictures of different families from around the world with the amount of food they consumed in a week. The families in developing and underdeveloped countries consumed the least amount of food processed and the most out of those families were from Democratic Republic of Congo which is not very surprising but what was the most astonishing fact was that the United States ranked the number one spot in the amount of food intake per week. Comparative to the world’s two most populous countries in the world China and India, United States consume way far more food than it needs. All the surplus food does not serve any benefit to the hungry and poor, instead it is delivered to a dumpster. For example, at a farmers market in Asheville, North Carolina all the unsold tomatoes are dumped (Elizabeth Roytes). These unsold fresh tomatoes are dumped not because they are unsold or are not edible but because there isn’t enough space to store these

A developing country is an impoverished country that is seeking to become more advanced economically and socially. Guatemala is very much so in the position of a developing country. As one who lives in the United States of America, it often times is hard to understand what this exactly means. The majority of people born and raised in America will never experience the same situations that those from a developing country will experience. The cultural lifestyle of Guatemalans is much different than Americans. Although Guatemala is not succeeding in the aspects of society or economics, they are in the process of ameliorating.

I was born in Guatemala, a rather small but modern country in Central America. I personally lived a tough childhood because I was raised by my mother. My father left us because he was not mentally prepared to raise and care a child. My mother was a Biology teacher at Colegio El Sagrado Corazon , which is a private school for girls in the capital of the country, Guatemala City.

Here in the United States our culture is fairly consistent. When one visits another state there may be some differences in the way things are done, but definitely not drastic differences in culture. While my team was in Costa Rica I felt as if I had visited three different countries. The cultures of San Jose, Talamanca, and Puerto Viejo are completely different. When my team arrived in San Jose the first thing that I noticed was the culture. It was completely different from the United States. The people were extremely inviting and accepting. The city was not as loud as a city in the United States either. There were no sirens or horns honking. In fact, most cars were off the road by about eight o’clock in the evening. According to Pedro, our guide and translator, most Costa Rican’s go to sleep around nine in the evening and start their day around five in the morning. Talamanca was extremely laid back. It reminded me a lot of a Mennonite community. Most people in the village did not drive cars but instead rode horses. Ninety percent of their food is home grown including fruits, vegetables, and butter. There is a truck that comes through the village every morning with chicken and fresh eggs, but other than that their meat is caught. The people of Talamanca look out for each other. It is extremely community oriented, but also nature oriented. For example, while the team was walking on the beach we stopped

In Guatemala, it is mandatory that every Sunday you go to church. People that live there say that church is there greatest blessing to have. In Guatemala, there is more

Belize (formerly British Honduras till the name of the country was modified in 1973) lies on the japanese or Caribbean coast of Central America, finite on the north and a part of the west by Mexico, and on the south and therefore the remainder of the west by Central American nation. The inner coastal waters ar shallow and ar secure by a line of coral reefs, dotted with islets referred to as cayes', extending virtually the complete length of the country.

According to the Society of St. Andrew the United States spends about 1 billion dollars a year just to dispose of food waste (1). Food waste is food material that is unable to be eaten or sold which is discarded as trash. Food should be too precious to Americans to waste. It nourishes people’s bodies and brings families together, and they treat food as if it has little to no worth. Food is discarded on farms, while being transported and in retail stores before being sold; it is also discarded in everyday households. Americans are their own enemy, increasing food waste everyday by not being aware of the outcome. Reducing food waste will bring upon many benefits within society but consumers and businesses have to be willing to put forth the effort. There are simple solutions that can be implicated in production, distribution and households in order to decrease food waste.

Culture comes within language, symbols, values and beliefs. These things define what a culture is like. There are many cultures in the world but only specific ones are within a society. Here in Belize there are many but the one that will be elaborated is the creole culture. Lela Vernon was a Belizean who was a Kriol and promoted it in everything she did. For instance, she talked, lived and song using the Kriol culture. She contributed a lot of things to the creole culture here in Belize.

Belize is a beautiful country washed by the Caribbean Sea at its east borders. My country gained full independence on the 21th of September 1981 and now we associate ourselves with the commonwealth communities, United Nations, CARICOM and several other organizations. We were once ruled by the British we adopt many of their practices and traditions. Our government system is one we copied and still is practiced today. Belize has a democratic system therefore it is recognized as a democratic state. This means that the people get to choose who they want to lead their country. This is done through a process called election. Elections are done in intervals of three years and in intervals of five years, municipal elections and general elections. The persons who decide to be a part of politics are politicians representing either of the parties involved. Here in Belize we have two main parties.

Belize is a very young country only gaining independence from the British and Guatemala in 1981. Guatemala still doesn't agree with the independence of Belize and doesn’t recognize it as an independent country. Before this though there was the The Mayan Empire. The Mayan Empire was established in 1500 BC and thrived until the 10th century where it eventually collapsed. When the Europeans arrived in this area, shortly after the Spanish, much other the Mayan Empire was gone (Maps Of World). The Spanish and the British soon became angry with each other and disputes over land eventually lead to war. This war was won by the British and this is when the colony of British Honduras was born. British Honduras was later renamed to Belize in 1973 and gained full independence in 1981. “Since then has faced various political unrest, as well as neighboring Guatemala's proclamation of ownership over the Belize as part of Guatemala” (Maps Of World). Due to these problems Belize isn’t very developed. Belize has a population of 340,844 people (July 2014 est., C.I.A.). Only 164,200 people have mobile devices (2012, C.I.A.), and only 36,000 people use the internet (2009, C.I.A.). Which is equivalent to about one third of the population has a mobile phone, and about one tenth of the population has