Belize Edition
World Shared Table Day leads today's complete edition for Belize.
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The British East India Company has taken Bengal after the Battle of Plassey and the wealth is draining out. The muslin weavers are being forced out of business. The Permanent Settlement locks land ownership into British-friendly landlord hands. The famine of 1770 killed a third of the population. The next famine is coming.
The entire month of September belongs to Belize. Flags go up, music plays, and the energy builds from the first day. Two independence days in one month: St. George's Caye Day on the 10th and Independence Day on the 21st. September is when Belize celebrates being Belize and the whole country feels it in the air.