It gained its independence in 1966 & today has a long-running territorial dispute with its neighbor Suriname
In 1876 Venezuela reiterated its claim up to the Essequibo river, to 
which the... [DOC] [TLE] BelizeanGuatemalan territorial dispute - Wikipedia [PAR] The BelizeanGuatemalan territorial dispute is an unresolved binational 
territorial dispute between the states of Belize and Guatemala, neighbours in 
Central America.