In 1969 the Caribbean Community (CARICOM, whose members are
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada,
Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St.
Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago) took the
decision to move as a group to the metric system. A year later it was
agreed by the Heads of Government Conference of the Caribbean Free
Trade Association that all member countries will go metric.
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 05:37:50 +0000 (UTC)
From: ezra.steinb...@comcast.net
Reply-To: ezra.steinb...@comcast.net
Subject: [USMA:53300] Why is Belize not mentioned as a non-metric country?
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Traditionally, the three countries listed as not using the metric
system are the USA, Liberia, and Burma (Myanmar).
I just learned that Belize is also in that camp. From the Huffington Post:
Belize's court system is based on British common law, familiar to
most of us. And unlike the rest of Latin America, measurements here
are in inches, feet, miles, and acres -- so no metric conversions
are necessary.
And from Frommer's Fast Facts:
Measurements -- English measurements are the norm in Belize,
although the metric system is making slight inroads.
However, it does sound like Burma and Liberia are making some moves
towards metric, which I presume leaves the USA and Belize as the
last die-hard holdouts!
Ezra
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