Homesteads dotting a pastoral landscape, families living by lamplight and men in straw hats riding horse-drawn carriages – the scenes in Jake Michaels’ photographs could easily depict bygone times in ...
When Mennonites began moving to Belize in the late 1950s, they did so for the same reason their ancestors have migrated for centuries: to live in line with their religious beliefs, including the ...
The Belizean Mennonites comprise only 3.4% of the country's population but are one of its most intriguing ethnic groups. Belize may be small, but it is not homogenous. With a population around 321,000 ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
SPANISH LOOKOUT, Belize — This tiny country struck oil in much the same way Jed Clampett stumbled on a gusher in the Ozarks. A few years ago, a Mennonite farmer dug a shallow well in this bucolic ...
The former British colony is much more than beaches and blue skies. Sameer Rahim visits a Mennonite community which has shunned contemporary living. Meeting the Mennonites: horse-drawn carts remains ...
The Belizean Mennonites comprise only 3.4% of the country's population but are one of its most intriguing ethnic groups. Belize may be small, but it is not homogenous. With a population around 321,000 ...