Abstract
This study has three purposes. First, it compares the organization of sport in two rather different Latin American countries. Belize has primarily an English heritage, plays soccer as its major sport, and has been shown to be fairly re presentative of Caribbean plantation societies (Cross, 1979). Still partially de pendent on Great Britain, it is hoping to achieve full independence in 1981. Nicaragua, independent for generations, has a Spanish heritage, plays baseball as its major sport, and is fairly representative of a Central American society. Second, data are presented to show the levels of participation in sport by the people of these two countries. The intent here is to show what percentage of the population actually participates in various sports. (Data are not available to show interest in sports, or those who are non-participatory fans.) Third, a brief com parison is made of sport participation in Belize and Nicaragua, and these levels of participation are placed in an international context.
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