ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 11, combination bulk 1, liquefied gas
tanker 2, oil tanker 15, passenger-cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4,
short-sea passenger 1
Airports:
total: 431
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 4
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 65
with paved runways under 914 m: 191
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 12
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 114
@Venezuela:Communications
Telephone system: 1,440,000 telephones; modern and expanding
local: NA
intercity: 3 domestic satellite earth stations
international: 3 submarine coaxial cables; 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean)
earth station
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 181, FM 0, shortwave 26
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 59
televisions: NA
@Venezuela:Defense Forces
Branches: National Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales or FAN)
includes Ground Forces or Army (Fuerzas Terrestres or Ejercito), Naval
Forces (Fuerzas Navales or Armada), Air Force (Fuerzas Aereas or
Aviacion), Armed Forces of Cooperation or National Guard (Fuerzas
Armadas de Cooperation or Guardia Nacional)
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 5,491,524; males fit for
military service 3,981,190; males reach military age (18) annually
227,292 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $1.95 billion, 4% of
GDP (1991)