The English Doctor

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A young doctor and his wife come to Belize, devastated by Hurricane Hattie in 1961. He is posted to a town near the Guatemalan border as District Medical Officer. Guatemala has a civil war. It also claims Belize es nuestro! Belize is ours! Paratroops for the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1962 had flown from Guatemalan airfields. Survivors continue training there, planning further attacks against Cuba. British intelligence agents have infiltrated these commando groups. The English Doctor finds evidence for a commando attack against a sworn enemy. Terrorists surround his clinic to kidnap him for interrogation. Unfortunately the anti-Castro commandos succeed in their mission.