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 Belize  El Salvador  Honduras  Nicaragua  Costa Rica  Guatemala
 Mexico  Panama  There are three elements of culture: the Native
Americans; the Spanish; and the Caribbean. In the 18th century
English influence spread along the Atlantic coast (the Mosquito
Coast) from Belize to Costa Rica. This has left a legacy of
Black Creole English speakers along this coast. The pre-colonial
cultures included an urban empire in Mexico the Aztecs and an
important culture in southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize: the
Mayas. Much of the documentary evidence was destroyed by the
Spanish invaders. These cultures may be reasserting themselves,
for example, in the political and semi-military resistance in
the Mayan area of Chiapas in Mexico and in Guatemala.  21
Decemberr 2012 is notorious for being the date when the Mayan
calender reaches a major turning point - like the milometer of a
motor bicycle showing all zeros - at the end of one phase of the
Long Count. Is