the main opposition People’s United Party (PUP) winning 14 seats. One seat is not declared yet. In the last general election, the UDP had won 25 seats.

It is possible, however, that several seats won by narrow margins could be challenged by People’s United Party.

The elections’ turnout was approximately 73.11 percent.

As a result of the victory of UDP, the Prime Minister Dean Barrow will stay for another term. The United Democratic Party came to power in 2008, after 10 years of PUP leadership. In the last parliament, Mr Barrow’s party held 25 of the 31 seats, a majority of 19.

Belize is the 13th most indebted country in the world, and Prime Minister Dean Barrow said before the election that he would renegotiate the terms of a US$550m (£348m) bondLong before European settlers plowed the Plains, corn was an important part of the diet of Native American tribes like the Omaha, Ponca and Cherokee. Today, members of some tribes are hoping to revive their food and farming traditions by planting the kinds of indigenous crops their ancestors once grew.

Taylor Keen is hoping to lead that comeback in Nebraska. On a warm, bright September afternoon, Keen is singing to the corn. Walking through a maze of corn rows and a carpet of pumpkin vines behind his home in Omaha, Nebraska, he wears a cowboy hat, Wranglers, and a traditional bead necklace.

"Well, this is what was formerly known as my backyard and is now home to the 'four sisters,'" Keen says. "We have corn, bean, squash and the sunflower."

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