Bruce Anderson

A rum encounter

A drink to make you understand Treasure Island’s pirates — and a tasting with Ranald Macdonald

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issue 11 April 2015

For many years, the Central American republic of Guatemala had a grievance against the United Kingdom. It claimed sovereignty over British Honduras, then a colony of ours. Eventually, all that died down. Calling itself Belize, British Honduras became independent and showed no desire to join Guatemala. Opposing colonialism could earn a plaudit from the sillier sort of states at the UN.

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