[1] Created in February and signed on 11 March 1981 in London,[2] the agreement sought to propose future basis for negotiations between the United Kingdom, Belize and Guatemala over the dispute.
Guatemala asserted its claim repeatedly in the period between 1940 and 1981, occasionally threatening to invade, but backing down when faced with UK military reinforcements.
[citation needed] Also central to the movement was the detention of students from the Belize Technical College, led by Socorro Bobadilla.
Bobadilla was a key figure in denouncing the plan, and she and six other students were expelled from Technical by its principal, who acted under the direction of Said Musa.
For much of the remainder of March, there were school closings, daily protests and in one case, the death of an individual in Corozal.
[citation needed] A second round began in early July after the UDP met with British Foreign Secretary Nicholas Ridley.