Guatemala periodically asserts claims to territory in southern Belize; to deter cross-border squatting, both states in 2000 agreed to a "line of adjacency" based on the de facto boundary, which is not recognized by Guatemala
Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
Trafficking in Persons
Illicit Drugs
minor transshipment point for cocaine; small-scale illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; minor money-laundering center
