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25 Years Ago

An archive of a series of stories by Angel Nunez about the history of San Pedro, Belize. The writings reflect the life of a small fishing village filled with actual events, customs and culture, social life, successes, and problems all of which made up San Pedro twenty-five years ago.

Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #13

By Angel Nuñez YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANOSome of us like the traditions and the mentality of the past while others prefer the fast and easy way of modern times.  I

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The Reef Swimming Challenge

By Angel NuñezThe San Pedro Annual Lagoon Reef Eco Challenge is just over and in the midst of its exciting finale, I couldn’t help reminisce on several challenges we had twenty five years ago.

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The First Families In San Pedro (Part 4)

By Angel NuñezIn last week’s issue of Twenty Five Years Ago about the first families of Ambergris Caye, I tried to include as many names which I compiled from my readings of Danny Vasquez’s

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The All-In-One Store

By Angel Nuñez I still have about ten volumes to write about the very first ones in San Pedro, but will deviate for this week due to a request to write about this store

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The Very First Ones (Pt. 2)

By Angel Nuñez Being first is quite a fete. It is nice to know that you were first in your class, first to set a record like the High School boys did this year

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The Very First in San Pedro

By Angel Nuñez Being first is quite a fete. It is nice to know that you were first in your class, first to set a record like Eric Donis is attempting to do, first

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The Days Without A Town Council

By Angel Nuñez Twenty NINE years ago there was no Town Board OR Town Council in San Pedro. In fact, the town board is a new baby, only in existence since 1984. In the

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Politics Comes To San Pedro

By Angel Nuñez The people who founded San Pedro in 1848, Mestizos for the most part, lived on this island quite unaware of British rule for just over 100 years up to about 1950. 

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Who is Don Juan Carnaval?

By Angel Nuñez Carnival has been celebrated since the 1930’s in the humble village of San Pedro and the idea has always been the same – to continue the festive spirit that Don Juan

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